Why, for Kant, Have Previous Attempts to Discover the Principle

question 261

Multiple Choice

Why, for Kant, have previous attempts to discover the principle of morality failed?

• A) Because they didn't conceive of it as springing as a law from our own wills
• B) Because they didn't' conceive of it as a priori
• C) Because they conceived of it as subjective
• D) Because they conceived of it as springing as a law from our own wills

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