d be to show disrespect for others and for the self. This dignity stems from each individualÆs right to act in accordance with their will which must be dictated through both reason and morality. This notion postulates for Kant a ôsupersensibleö world, one that transcends and rises above humansÆ capacity to ôexperienceö or ôsenseö and provides human beings with ôtranscendent principlesö like the categorical imperative (Kant, p. 186-188).
Kant postulates reason as the gateway to the transcendent moral realm where universal principles are revealed to human beings through contemplation of ideals like the ôsoul.ö Because there cannot
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