Morals are something every person has or should have. They can be found many …show more content…
Reason is one of those ways. Reason allows us to not only see what we should but also allow us to reflect on what we have done. Reason allows us to make logical decisions from what to eat to how many hours a person should sleep to make it to class in a decent amount of time. Reason allows us to shape what is going on around us and use that knowledge to make decisions. Reason is supposed to guide us on our journey from baby to child to adult. This idea of combining logic, deduction, and induction is exactly what compromises reason. Our actions give it strength and only can reason itself question reason. There are limits, barriers that restrict reason. Although reason may have its limitations, Kant’s Groundwork goes on about reason and mentions that with freedom comes reason and with reason, morality. Kant mentions why reason is something that needs to be pushed because from reason comes rational knowledge. (Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals) This idea of truly being free comes from reason. The Founding Fathers were not only some of the most