ics . ▁ ▁Kant ian ism ▁ ▁Im manuel ▁Kant ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁eth ics ▁is ▁considered ▁de ont ological ▁for ▁several ▁different ▁reasons . ▁First , ▁Kant ▁arg ues ▁that ▁to ▁act ▁in ▁the ▁mor ally ▁right ▁way , ▁people ▁must ▁act ▁from ▁duty ▁( P f licht ). ▁Second , ▁Kant ▁argued ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁consequences ▁of ▁actions ▁that ▁make ▁them ▁right ▁or ▁wrong ▁but ▁the ▁mot ives ▁of ▁the ▁person ▁who ▁car ries ▁out ▁the ▁action . ▁ ▁Kant ' s ▁argument ▁that ▁to ▁act ▁in ▁the ▁mor ally ▁right ▁way ▁one ▁must ▁act ▁purely ▁from ▁duty ▁begins ▁with ▁an ▁argument ▁that ▁the ▁highest ▁good ▁must ▁be ▁both ▁good ▁in ▁itself ▁and ▁good ▁without ▁qual ification . ▁Something ▁is ▁" good ▁in ▁itself " ▁when ▁it ▁is ▁intr ins ically ▁good , ▁and ▁" good ▁without ▁qual ification ", ▁when ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁that ▁thing ▁never ▁makes ▁a ▁situation ▁eth ically ▁worse . ▁Kant ▁then ▁arg ues ▁that ▁those ▁things ▁that ▁are ▁usually ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁good , ▁such ▁as ▁intelligence , ▁per se ver ance ▁and ▁pleasure , ▁fail ▁to ▁be ▁either ▁intr ins ically ▁good ▁or ▁good ▁without ▁qual ification . ▁Ple asure , ▁for ▁example , ▁appears ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁good ▁without ▁qual ification , ▁because ▁when ▁people ▁take ▁pleasure ▁in ▁watching ▁someone ▁suffer , ▁this ▁seems ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁situation ▁eth ically ▁worse . ▁He ▁con cludes ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁only ▁one ▁thing ▁that ▁is ▁truly ▁good : ▁Kant ▁then ▁arg ues ▁that