What is the meaning of life there is a universal law that governs it? That says what can and can’t be done from now into eternity? There is no room for individual opinion at any time. Immanuel Kant believed in the authority of reason and believed ethics should be based on reason instead of circumstances or situations. Kant believes that the maxim of an individual is the component that matters morally. Kant formulated an ethical standard through which to judge maxims and define morality. Kant’s Speaks about the categorical imperative, which is an imperative that says some action is required in and of itself, a duty. The categorical imperative judge’s maxims as so, do things in which you would want what you’re doing to become universal law.