An idea from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Proving freedom this way, from 2 points of view, is widely judged to fail. By 1788 it had been replaced: the moral law was treated as a basic fact of reason, and freedom was inferred from the law instead.

From Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

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