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    Supports→Dwelling on reward and punishment diminishes affections towards public good

    Moral motivation grounded in external incentives crowds out intrinsic concern for others, as Kant argues that acting from inclination toward reward corrupts moral worth.

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    • 1.Psychological studies show external rewards can diminish intrinsic motivation for tasks people initially valued for their own sake.
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    • 2.Moral worth requires acting from duty, not desire. Actions motivated by reward-seeking reflect self-interest, not genuine moral principle.
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    • 3.Once external incentives are removed, people habituated to rewards show reduced helping behavior compared to those never incentivized.
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    • 1.External incentives and intrinsic concern often coexist: someone can donate for tax benefits AND care deeply about the cause.
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    • 2.Evolutionary perspective: humans evolved with mixed motivations. Rewarded moral behavior that benefits groups is adaptive, not corrupting.
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    • 3.Kant's framework conflates psychological origin with moral validity. An act's rightness shouldn't depend solely on the agent's internal state.
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