Kant's moral theory holds that an agent is justified only when acting from the moral law, making agent-justification inseparable from whether the action itself was morally required.

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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.
agent-justification(as the focus of Kant's moral theory): Whether a person (the 'agent') has a good, legitimate reason for doing something—in other words, whether it's okay that they did it based on their intentions and reasoning.
moral law(Locke's moral philosophy; The Reasonableness of Christianity): A law constituted by God's imposition, which alone creates genuine obligation — distinct from rational counsel or advice about morality
morally required(as used in ethics): Something you have a duty or obligation to do because it's the right thing to do, not just because you feel like it.

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