Morality

In the preface of Ethical philosophy, the author Kant states there are three divisions of science philosophy. The three divisions are physics ethics and logic. He also describes philosophy to have multiple parts. Material philosophy is concerned with the interaction of objects in relationships with the laws of nature and freedom. Formal philosophy is considered to be one of the three sciences of philosophy logic. Kant throughout the preface focuses on the idea of moral philosophy. He also discusses the idea of moral philosophy of being evident in society’s laws and also evident in the idea of moral and duty because we follow certain ethical acts like the example he states of thou shall not lie (2). In the preface he discusses the idea a book on metaphysics of morals.

Kant’s main idea throughout the preface is that morality comes from just being rationale. He believes if one is rationale they should be able to make good decisions. I believe Kant’s idea of moral philosophy is evident today, and the idea of laws influencing ideas to reflect the hunger for the need of good morals. At the same time I do not believe in the idea mentioned before because there are people who do not base their decisions of law and we label them as criminals. I also believe the criminals are rationale, so would this make criminals have good will. Kant also discusses the idea of authors who do not believe in distinguishing motives based off of morals, but believe in motives based off strengths and weaknesses. This argument does not make sense to me. I believe motives are based off of beneficial significance. I also believe the significance of the decisions can be based off of good morals because most of the times the strengths of a decision are in good faith, but at the same time the strengths can be negative. Criminals are an example making decisions based on the reward behind it. I just want to know if Kant would judge people who do immoral deeds or make immoral decisions to be irrational.