According Kant’s grounds states: “The only thing that is unconditionally good is a good will.” Kant’s argument for this is quite plausible. Consider everything you consider good: health, wealth, beauty, intelligence, etc. In all cases, you can imagine a situation where this good thing is not good, after all. A person can be corrupted by his wealth. The robust health of a bully makes it easier for him to abuse his victims. The beauty of a person can lead her to become vain and fail to develop her talents. Even happiness is not good if it is the happiness of a sadist to torture his victims.

A good will, otherwise, says Kant, is always good in all circumstances.

In Kant’s eyes, when a person freely chooses to do the right thing just because it is the right thing to do, his action adds value to the world; it kindles, so to speak, with a brief glow of moral goodness. ❤️🙏🌱

©️ Beatriz Esmer