Only because “the idea of freedom makes me a member of the intelligible world.”31 The idea that we can act freely, take moral responsibility for our actions, and hold other people morally responsible for their actions requires that we see ourselves from this perspective—from the standpoint of an agent, not merely an object.
To be free is to make a choice based on our reasonable will driven by categorical imperatives. To make a choice for any other reason is antithetical to Kantian freedom.
