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Kant: the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative
Title: Kant: the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative
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Kant: the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative
Kant: the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative
Kantian philosophy outlines the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative as a method for determining morality of actions. This formula is a two part test. First, one creates a maxim and considers whether the maxim could be a universal law for all rational beings. Second, one determines whether rational beings would will it to be a universal law. Once it is clear that the maxim …showed first 75 words of 1546 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1546 total…utilitarianism. It resonates with my moral sensibilities to consider that actions are moral or immoral regardless of their immediate consequences. I am willing to accept that sometimes the moral action is harder to perform, but I am unwilling to accept that morality rests within the specifics of a situation and the possible consequences. Therefore, I consider Kant’s Universal LawFormation of the Categorical Imperative to be a better test of morality than Mill’s Utilitarianism.
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