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« on: October 28, 2008, 07:25:46 pm »

Kant's categorical imperative roughly states that you should never do something you wouldn't want to become a moral law. A categorical imperative is something that one is obliged to do, unconditionally and regardless of the consequences. The insistence on performing ones duties and the underlying notion of categorical imperatives is the cornerstone of Kantian ethics and since he is widely regarded as the most influential ethical philosopher of the last 300 years, his views tend to be supported.

An easy example of a rather complicated theory:

You know that Charles wants to kill your friend Mark, who you have just left sitting at the bar. Charles comes up to you with a gun in 1 hand and a half empty bottle of liquor in the other and asks if you know where Mark is. If you tell the truth, Charles will find Mark and kill him. If you lie and tell him that you saw Mark leaving 5 minutes ago, Charles will be thrown off the scent, allowing Mark to get away. Is it ok to lie in this situation, or should you follow the commonly accepted categorical imperative that 'lying is immoral'?


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