Kant and Motives

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Immanuel Kant, Selections from “Groundwork for a Metaphysics of Morals” Trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
FIRST SECTION: TRANSITION FROM THE COMMON RATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF MORALITY TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL

Kant claims that in order for an action to have moral worth it must be done from the motive of duty. Explain this claim, as well as his argument for it. Do you agree? Be sure to explain why or why not. Please use the 1 reference I attached, please make sure to CITE your work, PLEASE follow instructions that I will attach. PLEASE HAVE A CLEAR AND PRECISE THESIS and please don’t forget to cite with quotations, thanks.

1)    How much should the consequences of an action bear on our deciding what is the right thing to do? Explain at least one objection to consequentialist moral reasoning (from Williams, Kant, or Ross). Is this objection persuasive? Be sure to explain why or why not.
2)    Explain Kant’s critique of Hume’s conception of practical reason. Why does Kant think that morality requires that reason determine our actions? Whose view do you find most persuasive? Be sure to explain why or why not.
3)    Kant claims that in order for an action to have moral worth it must be done from the motive of duty. Explain this claim, as well as his argument for it. Do you agree? Be sure to explain why or why not.