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    Kant argues that moral worth requires acting from duty al... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→True virtue includes both benevolence toward being in general and complacence in benevolence's intrinsic excellence or beauty.

    Kant argues that moral worth requires acting from duty alone, not from any affective delight in virtue's beauty.

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    • 1.Only duty-based action achieves universalizability; emotion-driven acts may reflect personal taste rather than moral law.
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    • 2.Moral worth requires overcoming inclination; acting from pleasant feelings removes the struggle that constitutes virtue.
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    • 3.Duty grounds morality in reason alone, avoiding the arbitrariness and variability of aesthetic or emotional responses.
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    • 1.Humans naturally lack access to pure duty untainted by emotion; Kant's ideal may be psychologically impossible to achieve.
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    • 2.Virtuous character development often involves cultivating affective responses; divorcing them devalues moral education and growth.
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    • 3.Duty without affection can produce rigid, cold compliance; meaningful morality requires emotional investment in human flourishing.
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