1. IntroductionAccording to Immanuel Kant the driving force behind our actions should be dictated by what is intrinsically good as the sole consideration and not be based on the effects of what such actions can produce as is the case with the consequentialist theory of cause. In this essay Kant's non-consequentialist ethical theory will be briefly examined and a comparison will be made between the two different theories in order to establish the merit of using it in practice.2. Kantian morality Central to Kant's theory of morality is his claim that: “It is impossible to conceive of anything in the world, or even outside of it, which can be regarded as good without qualification, except a good will” (Cottingham, 2008: 507 ).When a person engages, according to this principle, in a noble action because its driving force is an ingrained personal characteristic, such an action, according to Kant, would not qualify as having a moral motive. Consider such actions as driven by a person's inclination to perform that action. However, when an action, according to Kant, is performed independently of the inclinations or desires of the executor, but rather because the driving force of that action is the sense of duty, only then, according to him, can it be considered a morally noble action reason. He considers such an act to be done out of “good will” and considers such actions to be the only moral motive because it is guided by the motive of duty as opposed to the motive of action which is guided by “will” (Study Guide PLS3705, 2014:77) . It therefore follows that, according to Kant, the only moral action is that conducted out of duty and not because a person is willing to do it because of the consequences it might produce.For……by means of paper……and the satisfactory driving force to which every moral person aspires. Kant's theory, however, sets at most goals that we can achieve.9. References Allen, R. 2001. The New Penguin English Dictionary. New York: Penguin Group.Blackburn, S. 2008. Dictionary of Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Cottingham, J. 2008. Western Philosophy, An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.Johnson, R. 2013. Kant's moral philosophy, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2013 edition). [Online]. Available: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2013/entries/kant-moral / [2014, February 11].Kantian Ethics .2008. [Online]. Available: http://www.3.nd.edu/~jspeaks/courses/2008-9/10100/_LECTURES/26%20-%20kant.pdf [25 February 2014]University of South Africa. Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology. Tutorial for PLS3702. Pretoria.