i do not know whether i am fostering a dependency or allowing a repressed childhood to resurface belatedly which will allow him to mature in time.39 if kant is right , and i think he is , the principle matters more than the end result40for character , as aristotle phrases it , is the composite of ones actions41 ; thus , i do not care to become a soulless predator of money or to be desensitized to lifes sufferings .