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Understanding Kantian Ethics by Edward Tak is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Kantian ethics argues against basing morality on desires and passions, as proposed by David Hume. Kant believes that morality must come from rational reflection, not contingent desires that can change. He proposes that moral actions are those that follow universalizable maxims, or principles that anyone could will without contradiction. Specifically, actions that do not produce contradictions in conception with the universal law or contradictions in one
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- Edward Tak
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