Kant's Definition Of Duty

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"Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law."
The definition of duty according to Kant is that it is a specific moral rule that is derivable from a universal moral code. Kant raises a distinction between perfect duties and imperfect duties. A perfect duty is one that one must always do and an imperfect duty is a duty which one must not ignore but admits of multiple means of fulfillment. A duty is something that that we can see as a universal rule for all of humanity necessary for a morally just society. A human action is morally good , not because it is done from inclination, or from self interest but it is done for the sake of duty. The motive of duty includes all the properly moral reasons we have to perform morally valuable

Kant argued we should live by rules in a community where we all respect each other. Kingdom means the “union of different rational beings in a system by common laws”. This kingdom would be composed entirely of rational beings .In order to be part of this kingdom, one must choose to act by maxims that imply absolute necessity. It is from this point of view that they must judge themselves and their actions. People can only belong to the kingdom of ends when they give universal laws unto it, and are subject to those same laws and all laws within. Here, people can be completely autonomous, regarding themselves as sovereign while making laws. This is the "supreme good" is virtue or in other words the highest good combined with happiness. The act that is in accordance with the “good will” is doing and action because it is the right thing to do this achieves the “summon bonum”. We shouldn't act to get happiness, should act out of duty and if we do we deserve to be happy. This is obviously not something that can be found in this life- we see bad people living happy lives and good people living unhappy lives, therefore the summum bonum must be able to be achieved in the afterlife so we must have an immortal soul. So basically what Kant is saying is that we need to be rewarded for our actions. Individual must do their own duty for their own sake. As long as people fulfill their own duties for themselves and for others they will live in this “kingdom”. The community of moral content people is explained to be the highest good. For the highest good to be achieved life after death needs to be continued. To me this sounds like Kant is talking about heaven based on my religion. Because in my religion we are taught and read to that if we do well to others and follow the Ten Commandments we will be sent to heaven after life where all of our loved ones will be