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Full Idea
No moral principle is based on any feeling whatsoever.
Gist of Idea
Moral principles do not involve feelings
Source
Immanuel Kant (Metaphysics of Morals II:Doctrine of Virtue [1797], 376 Pref)
Book Ref
Kant,Immanuel: 'The Metaphysics of Morals', ed/tr. Gregor,Mary [CUP 1991], p.182
A Reaction
If all emotions were erased from my morality, I might still retain some principles (in a Kantian way), but my values would be entirely different.