Postulating God to secure moral motivation smuggles consequentialist reasoning into a deontological framework, undermining the very categorical nature of the moral law Kant seeks to ground.

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Consequentialist reasoning(as used in ethics): A way of making decisions based on what outcomes or results will happen, rather than following fixed rules—like choosing the action that will make the most people happy.
Deontological framework(in ethics): An ethical system that judges actions as right or wrong based on whether they follow certain rules or duties, regardless of the consequences—like the idea that lying is always wrong even if it would help someone.
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.
Postulating(as used in philosophical arguments): Suggesting or assuming that something exists or is true as part of your theory, often without having direct proof.

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