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    Supports→A will that cannot exercise itself except under the Idea of its freedom is free from a practical point of view.

    In engaging in practical endeavors (deciding what to do, holding oneself and others responsible), one is justified in holding oneself to all the principles that would bind an autonomous free will.

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    Autonomous free will(in metaphysics and ethics)
    The ability to make choices on your own without being forced or controlled by outside factors, based on your own reasoning and values.
    Bind(in discussing moral and legal obligations)
    To require or obligate someone to follow a rule; to make something apply to you.
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    Having beliefs formed with adequate evidence or through reliable belief-forming processes, distinct from the ability to demonstrate one's justification to an interrogator.
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    Invariant reasons — moral considerations that apply consistently regardless of particular circumstances

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    Kant says that a will that cannot exercise itself except under the Idea of its freedom is free from a practical point of view (im practischer Absicht). In saying such wills are free from a practical point of view, he is saying that in engaging in practical endeavors — trying to decide what to do, what to hold oneself and others responsible for, and so on — one is justified in holding oneself to all of the principles to which one would be justified in holding wills that are autonomous free wills.

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