Duty Beyond Instinct
Psychological mechanisms of forming the moral perception of good deeds are such that the initial natural desire to help through sympathy, being mutable and susceptible to life's circumstances, cannot serve as a stable foundation for attributing universal moral significance to actions. A person guided solely by their natural inclination toward good deeds is subject to both external and internal changes: their empirical inclination may weaken under the influence of personal sorrows or losses, potentially causing them to lose the capacity for compassion. However, even if, upon losing this natural tendency, the desire to continue doing good arises solely from a sense of duty and obligation, such behavior acquires true moral value. In other words, when a person realizes that they must perform benevolent acts regardless of personal feelings, they transform their actions into something objective and obligatory, ensuring the universality and stability of moral choice.