PHIL 3000 Lecture 11: PRP 11
3 Nov 2018
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The intentions behind the actions of a person will always remain arguable because we do not necessarily know what someone is thinking before they choose to act a specific way. According to kant, humans are different from animals in that humans have the capacity to be rational and autonomous. One must act freely by acting autonomously, which is to not act according to the causes of desire and nature. Kant believes that a just act is be choosing an action that will maintain the dignity of others. In the situation of the shopkeeper, by returning the exact change to the child, the shopkeeper does nothing wrong, however his actions do not have any moral worth and thus it is not a just action. Such is because the shopkeeper"s intentions when returning the money were immoral and not rational towards the child.
