Kantian moral respect requires a quasi-religious superstition rather than reason.

Evidence

The citizen who would forego profit only on the Kantian motive of respect for the mere form of law would not be enlightened, but superstitious—a fool. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 78

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even Kant’s general benevolence falls under the same suspicion as compassion