ause, as was stated earlier, our minds shape experience. We have expectations as to the outcome of a situation, based on experience. Gravity, for example is one of these experiences. If we drop the apple, we would expect the apple to fall. If the apple were dropped in space, our first reaction would be for the apple to fall. We would quickly learn that our reflexes are fooled by previous experience.By following the Categorical Imperative, we do not have to deal with the consequences of inclination because universal law is similar to the laws of science. No one person can decide whether water will boil when heated, just as no one person can decide what is best for all. Experiences produce inclinations to act a certain way, even if at first it seems like the right thing to do. But reason might soon point actions in the opposite direction.If a man does not make enough money to support his family, he might feel the need to steal in order to feed his children. Before this man goes out and steals a loaf of bread, he must stop and reason this action. If every person was stealing to get what he or she needed, then there would be no one manufacturing the goods they needed to steal. So in trying to help his family, he would be committing an immoral act.On examination of both David Hume and Immanuel Kants moral philosophies, we can see that only Kants could hold up in practical application. This being true, we would have to say that feelings should only play a role in morality if strong reasoning is involved. We must stop and think about our actions before we make them, making sure not to trust feelings and inclinations without reasoning, because experience can easily taint our minds....
