es you to just perform the action regardless of the end. In other words just do the action out of duty, whether you want to or not. These views led to a set of guidelines or rules Hume and Kant believe governs moral worth or virtue.Hume and Kant devised a set of maxims or rules that determines the essence of moral worth or virtue. Hume believing that morality is founded in individual sentiment he concludes that there are four categories or qualities that constitute moral virtue: (1) qualities useful to others, which include benevolence, meekness, charity, justice, fidelity and veracity; (2) qualities useful to oneself, which include industry, perseverance, and patience; (3) qualities immediately agreeable to others, which include wit, eloquence and cleanliness; and (4) qualities immediately agreeable to oneself, which include good humor, self-esteem and pride. (Hume, 2001) Hume thought that most morally significant actions seem to fall into one of these 4 categories. Kant however believes that morality is based in the three formulas for the categorical imperative: (1) Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. (2) Act as though the maxim of your action were by your will to become a universal law of nature. (3) Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an end and never as a means only.(Kant, 2001) According to Kant, acting for reasons one could acknowledge as unacceptable were someone else to act on them would be to act immorally. These individual maxims are worthy of consideration but the philosophers over all views are limited.I think the moral theories of Hume and Kant project a limited morality, which can lead to moral alienation because each emphasizes one element and denies another. Humans have the ability to reason its true but by nature we are emotional beings. Hume bases morality in emotion, Kant in reason when i...
