Why is it that we do not act freely

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Question: Why is it that we do not act freely, according to Kant, when we act to satisfy our desires? Do you agree? (Sandel Reading)

What, according to Sandel, does it mean to act 'heteronomously'? Note that Sandel's discussion of this concept in Kant's philosophy stretches from pages 106 - 11. (Sandel Reading)

Explain Sandel's analogy between a human being falling from the Empire State Building and the fall of a billiard ball. Here you should focus on how the analogy is supposed to show a connection between freedom and morality. (Sandel Reading)

How does the analogy in question 3 explain the following statement: 'to act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake-a choice that human beings can make and billiard balls (and most animals) cannot." (Sandel, p. 109) This is a tough question (Sandel Reading)

According to O'Neill, what does it mean to treat persons as 'ends in themselves'? (O'Neill reading)

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