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What does Kant say?
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What makes an action morally worthy
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consists not in the consequences or in the results that flow from it,
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what makes an action morally worthy has to do with the motive,
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with the quality of the will, with the intention for which the act is done.
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What matters is the motive and the motive must be of a certain kind.
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So, the moral worth of an action depends on the motive for which it's done
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and the important thing is
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that the person do the right thing for the right reason.
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"A good will isn't good because of what it affects or accomplishes,"
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Kant writes, "It's good in itself.
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Even if by its utmost effort, the good will accomplishes nothing,