Kant: Goodness
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The philosopher I used is Immanuel Kant. He was very practical in his
thinking of goodness. A quote of his was "I ought, therefore I can". His view
was good anything is under good will . He believed good will was the primary
goodness, good in its purest form, and that it couldn't be corrupted. ....
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question now would be, does the Misfit have good will? Is what he is doing good,
objectively, and purely? He is purging and purifying the world. He is Christ
like in many senses. He is purifying the world by purging it of its
evil...relating to the Old Testament. God decided that the human race was too
evil to survive, so he flooded it. God killed, as well as the Misfit. This
isn't the same as Christ, though; it just adds to the religious element.
Christ's mission was to try and ....
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