... i. For ones own interest; for example a person who is tempted to steal but then sees a security camera and decides not to steal in case they get caught. They may have done the morally right thing by not stealing but they have only acted out of self interest not because it was the morally right thing to do. ii. Immediate inclination; this kind of motive could be for example someone feeling guilt when they commit a morally wrong act. Or a person helping someone in need due to the compassion they feel. iii. The third is somebody acting morally just because it's the morally right thing to do, which Kant calls 'The Motive of Duty' Kant states that the only motive to have moral worth is acting from the motive of duty. He says there is no moral worth if one carries out a moral act just to advance ones ...

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