The idea of priori

Though while reading through Kant many parts were challenging and unclear there was one part that I felt became clear to me after reading several times and understanding some of the meanings of the words used. It becomes clear to me that Kant is demanding more of us than just to be good people. He has this idea that we cannot simply just observe good things happening but instead must be grasped a priori. Which means people must learn what is morally in a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. He puts forth this in defense of this view “But whence do we have the concept of God, as the highest good? Solely from the idea that reason a priori devises of moral perfection, and connects inseparably with the concept of a free will” (Kant 4:409). He then goes on to say “Practically good, however, is what determines the will by means of representations of reason, hence not from subjective causes, but objectively from the grounds that are valid for every rational being, as such” (Kant 4:14). I would tend to agree with what Kant is stating here, from what I could understand he is saying that good is determined by our ability to reason within ourselves not always from past experiences but more or less from our ability to naturally know if an action is good. I would agree with this statement because there are things that people have not had experiences with, yet they just know that that action would not be an appropriate thing to do. For example not every person has committed a crime and been punished for it in their lives, yet those people know not to commit crimes without having any past experience to teach them otherwise.