Part of this weeks reading is to read about Immanuel Kant's philosophies, and, although he is a hard philosopher to understand I agree with the basics of his views on human nature.
Kant believed that humans, through reason, have dignity and that this dignity is what allows us to have a moral law. I believe that humans are born with a sense of dignity and morals, it is in our instincts to be so. Our morals and our sense of dignity are two of the many things programmed into us before we are even born that set us apart from other species on the Planet.
I do disagree with Kant's idea that belief in God is necessary for humans in have morality. I believe that from birth humans have morals, some don't follow them, but they are still there. Just because you're atheist doesn't mean that you don't have morals, or because you believe in God doesn't mean you have morals either. So, I basically agree with Kant's view of the human nature of morals I just don't agree with his idea that God is a necessity for humans to have morals.
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