Luther's idea of having only a good will as the basis for morality was later extrapolated and developed into Kant's moral theory, showing how Luther's theological ideas, while modified, contributed foundational concepts to German philosophy.

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later on this idea will be extrapolated and developed into a part of kant's moral theory those of you who know the foundations of the metaphysics of morals know that kant says that the only good thing is a good will... many of the kind of embryonic ideas of german philosophy are going to be founded by luther

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The Bible and Western Culture - Luther and the ReformationMichael Sugrue
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:25:36 PM

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