Morality is not properly the doctrine [of] how we should make ourselves happy, but how we should make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) German philosopher
Critique of Practical Reason, 1.2.2.5 (1768) [tr. Abbott (1873)]

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  1. David Newman
    January 8th, 2013 at 08:56 | #1
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    I think you need to insert “make” between “ourselves” and “happy”. At least, that’s how the Guttenberg online version of the Abbott translation goes.

  2. David Newman
    January 8th, 2013 at 08:57 | #2
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    errr, oops. “Make should go between “should” and “ourselves”.

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