True/False Quiz

Kant claims that an act has moral worth if and only if it is done from the motive of duty.

In Kant's shopkeeper example, Kant believes that the shopkeeper's action has moral worth.

In Herman's view, for a motive to be a moral motive, it must provide the agent with an interest in the moral rightness of his or her action.

According to Herman's interpretation of Kant, an action can be done from the motive of duty even if the agent has a nonmoral desire to perform it.

Herman claims that for Kant, merely permissible actions cannot have moral worth.

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