Morality has been the subject of many philosophical discussions which have elicited varied responses from different philosophers. One of the most famous approaches to morality is that of Immanuel Kant in his writings Groundwork of Metaphysics of Morals. Kant in this work argues that the reason for performing a particular action or the desire to do good things is a fundamental basis for defining the moral quality of a person. For him, an action could only be considered morally right if the motivation behind that action was “good will.” When he defines these moral rules, he characterizes them in the form of imperatives – the hypothetical imperative and the categorical imperative. While hypothetical imperatives deal with motivations and actions that lead to a particular end, categorical imperatives are the product of the rational behavior of human beings. Kant considers such categorical imperatives to be the moral basis of life. Accordingly, when a person who is “cold and indifferent to the suffering of others performs an action that elicits a positive response from someone by helping them, they are morally more worthy according to Kant. Such a person performs this action even if he does not want or feel like doing this action. There is neither emotional reward in the form of contentment nor material benefits from helping someone else. Emotional altruism brings moral value to the action of helping others. Therefore, according to Kant, there must be something in this person that motivates him to help others even if he gets nothing from it and this motivation is the product of rational thinking, which gives him better moral value. On the other hand, when a person "is a friendly, compassionate philanthropist who finds inner satisfaction... middle of paper... offered to someone who helps feed the homeless." This example may seem extreme given that in today's world such acts would be considered good according to the generalized moral compass of today's world. One would be right to say that Kant's moral philosophy should not be taken as an excuse for not acting morally. His way of viewing morality is a way of considering actions and motivations to be moral even in the worst possible scenarios. His vision of the highest moral order may seem unattainable, but it is certainly something that people should apply even when they become desperate or, as Kant puts it, “darkened by their own sorrows.” The standard that Kant establishes in his Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals should be the one that society follows when it works cited Immanuel Kant - Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals