... men, enabling us to resolve a problem in a way that is essentially acceptable to everyone. More simply, if reason is universal then moral commands generated from reason will be universal and understood by all men. So Kant created a test, the Categorical Imperative, which will determine which moral laws should be unconditionally obeyed. Kant says that is a moral law is to be wholly and collectively obligatory it must contain something which is collectively good. For any action to be good, it must be good in itself and must be the 'highest good'. How does one decide what this good can be? Kant asses numerous possibilities and rejects the following; * Talents of the mind - intelligence * Qualities of character - courage * Gifts of fortune - Wealth * Utilitarian proposition - happiness Kant does not feel as though these actions are capable of producing the highest good, as they can make a ...

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