RE: Kant's imperative is good
July 22, 2022 at 12:48 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2022 at 12:49 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 22, 2022 at 6:02 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The most well known objection is the ‘lying to a murderer’ scenario: Joe comes to you and says, ‘I’m going to murder Jim. Tell me where he is.’ In order to obey Kantian hypothetical moral imperatives (because they require truth-telling to be a universal obligation), you’d have to give up this information. As a utilitarian (greatest good for the greatest number), you have a moral obligation to lie to Joe to save Jim’s life and to keep Joe from going to prison for murder.
Boru
I'm a brick-est. You hit the guy over the head with a brick, then call Jim up to have a beer and laugh at the silly fuck. Plus, extra hands on shovels, right?
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