Doing the Right Thing in Their Eyes Were Watching GodFacing urgent moral conflicts like the hurricane in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Hurston, Men in general I have two choices: help others or help myself. Hurston's characters choose to help others before tending to their own survival needs. The characters' actions are typical of Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative philosophy: actions are intrinsically good and find no justification in their effects, nor is compensation expected for their effects. his actions. In short, one could say that the very lack of reflection on the part of Hurston's characters indicates that they have an unshakable confidence in their beliefs and in the basic moral goodness that they possess. The first event in Hurston's history is the drainage of the mud as Lake Okechobee overtops Lake Okechobee. the characters' village. Hurston's characters could run away as fast as their legs can carry them, but they warn their neighbors without delay. As Hurston describes it: "They shouted as best they could, 'The lake is coming!' » and the screen doors opened and others joined them in flight..." (154). They expect nothing from their actions, but they inevitably save many families. Moreover, although Motor Boat refuses to leaving the upper house, he still makes the most altruistic offer possible to his friends: “Mah mamma's house is yours” (155). Motor Boat recognizes his friends' problems, as well as his own, but he offers his mother's house as a place to stay simply because it's the right thing to do. Contrary to popular belief, the white people on the Six Mile Bend Bridge, however, are not necessarily selfish. There is a limited area of ​​the bridge, and if White was there first (156), then White could claim its use. On the other hand, they could show charity by departing after a rest and allowing weary blacks to rest before continuing the journey to Palm Beach or the Heights. Hurston could again demonstrate his perceived differences between the races, but the degree of racism depends on the readers' perspective. Shortly after, Tea Cake shows kindness by noticing a man trapped between an electrified tin roof and a rattlesnake. Tea Cake notices the man's predicament and stops to urge him to move to her left. Readers may assume that the man was freed by following Tea Cake's advice, but in the spirit of the categorical imperative, Tea Cake expects no laurels..