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    Kant argues that moral worth derives entirely from the good will, which consists in the intention to act from duty rather than from any contingent character traits or circumstances.

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    Key Terms

    Character traits(the qualities virtue ethics focuses on)
    Consistent patterns of how someone thinks, feels, and acts—like being generous, brave, or thoughtful.
    Good will(as used in ethics)
    The desire or intention to do what is right and help others, without expecting anything in return.
    Kant(as used in epistemology and metaphysics)
    Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an influential German philosopher who argued that our minds shape how we experience reality, and that we can only truly know things as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves.
    contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
    Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).
    duty

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    (The author argues 'duty' carries a different sense than 'expediency' even under a consequentialist theory.)
    What one is morally obligated to do; distinct in meaning from expediency though potentially co-extensive with it.
    moral worth(Kantian ethics; contrasted with natural law grounding of moral worth)
    Value that emanates from the autonomous rational wills of individuals

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