If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into the world and finds that goodness is not always rewarded, nor wickedness always punished, he will grow into a man who only thinks about how he may get on in the world, and does right or wrong according as he finds advantage to himself.


On Education (ed. Courier Corporation, 2003) - ISBN: 9780486432212

Immanuel Kant Quotes

If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into ...

If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into ...

If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into ...

If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into ...