"Freedom, which is the goal of Enlightenment, thus cannot be equated with using your reason to justify whatever you want to do. That is simply another kind of heteronomy. Having to follow your desires, whims, and crazy ideas is no better than having to follow the orders of some powerful supervisor who never takes a day off. Only acting according to what your reason tells you puts you in charge of your own life. For Kant, this is what ethics is all about, and it is the only life that is worth living."
— Robin W. Lovin from An Introduction to Christian Ethics: Goals, Duties, and Virtues
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