According to Kant, "The notion of ______ is in itself already the notion of a constraint of the free elective will by the law; whether this constraint be an external one or be self-constraint."
A) mind
B) duty
C) will
D) body

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Kant's philosophical ethics is grounded in the idea that moral principles derive from reason and duty, rather than from God or culture. Duty, according to Kant, is the necessary constraint on our free will that grounds morality. The notion of duty is always already the notion of a constraint of the free elective will by the moral law. Duty constrains our actions from the outside or inside, but it always represents a limitation on our freedom.

According to Kant, "The Notion of ______ Is in Itself