As we discussed in class on Monday night, Kant's main argument in the first section was dedicated to developing his belief that a rational beings have the capacity to reason and through this reason comes a beings ability to know what is right or wrong. Also, Kant revealed that a beings also have an inherent desire to keep themselves save physically and strive for happiness. Yet, these desires or needs can be fulfilled with pure instinct and that reason does not need to be used in order to reach those goals. More specifically Kant says, "The highest purposes of each individual are presumably self-preservation and the attainment of happiness." "The fact that reason serves purposes that are higher than individual survival and private happiness." This tells us the reason for Kant explaining that people who strive to live a life of reason are less happy than those striving for intrinsic happiness, while those who are striving for happiness view reason with contempt.
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