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Perception of the World
Kaffir Boy basically deals with a young boy named Mark from South Africa who endures lots of pain in his town because of his lack of wealth and also because of his skin color. Growing up and having to deal with all of these troubles he notices how unfair his life seems and thinks there can be nothing good in it, at least not for him. This reflects Kant's idea of how we use sensing and reason to influence how we perceive the world. Mark's conception of the world can be described as very negative and to him nothing appeared good so he knew he had to get out in order to achieve true happiness.
Kant's idea basically dealt with how humans saw the world depending on how they lived it. If someone had a good life they would consider life to be wonderful. If someone lived an unfortunate life then they would see the world as a cruel unjust place. Kant also believed that everyone has innate moral reason, and that moral actions are ones we perform out of a......

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