Kant's Categorical Imperative
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Discuss Kant's practical formulation of the Categorical Imperative, which is that we cannot treat rational beings as means to an end. What might some of the implications of this be?
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Kant's Categorical Imperative
What is meant by Kant's categorical imperative? Immanuel Kant declared (Critique of Pure Reason) - "I ought never to act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law." This 'maxim', this moral imperative is now known as 'Kantianism' and one is seen as 'universal'. For him goodwill is the only thing that can be truly 'good' without qualification; by doing what is right irrespective of reason or desire an act has in itself moral worth because duty - doing ...
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