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Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of our motives and desires and as selfdetermination, self-control, or we can say that freedom is selfdirection and self-regulation. It is important to grasp what Kant means by metaphysics of morals and freedom. He says that the metaphysics of morals is concerned especially with the use of freedom of the human will, according to rules of law. The positive evidence of freedom of will, Kant contends, is a postulate of moral judgement. In moral judgement, there is a sense of oughtness, or moral obligation; this moral obligation implies freedom of will. Duty and responsibility, morality, justice, merit and demerit, virtue and vice would be quite meaningless if there were no freedom of will. Kant says that the practical concept of freedom is based on transcendental idea of freedom and it cannot stand without it. Kant’s ethics, far from being deduced from the idea of freedom, is itself the ground on which the idea of freedom is based. Hence, Kant’s ethics is independent of his metaphysics and has a claim to our acceptance, or at least to our consideration, no matter what has been our attitude towards his metaphysics

MALIK MUHAMMAD TARIQ, Dr. Shagufta Begum. (2008) THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF KANT’S VIEW OF HUMAN FREEDOM , Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 28, Issue 01.
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