Our actions as humans can be defined by their moral and intrinsic worth. Nature gave us certain means to decipher what is moral and what is immoral. In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant lays the foundation of what it means to act in accordance with universal law through his correlation of good will, reason, and duty. He says, "I should never act except in such a way that I can will that my maxim should become a universal law." This means that when one is faced with a moral decision they are forced to observe a maxim. A maxim is an intention or a plan that we are to apply to the categorical imperative. The maxim provides us with a sound test see if our actions are moral our immoral. When deciding about maxims we are to ask
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