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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Section 13 Group 2

In group discussions on Thursday we discussed Immanuel Kant.  We manly focused on the chapter on his moral views.  Kant says that we should never lie, not even if it is going to benefit himself or help another, never.  The book gave an example of someone knocking on your door begging for help because a murder is coming after them.  When the murder comes and knocks, and asks whether or not that person is here, Kant says he would say yes.  In his eyes, this is morally correct.  Honestly, I do not believe, and I'm sure many others do not believe this is not morally correct.  It is a challenging question whether or not to believe your feelings get involved or not.

1 comment:

  1. Jacob Williams9:55 AM CDT

    I pretty much completely disagree with Kant's views and philosophy. Moving on to Schopenhauer. His views are alright, but I believe he was a hypocrite, and the bit about him pushing an old wo0man down stairs is pretty crazy.

    Do you think hurting other people is a self injury?

    Is it true that Schopenhauer pushed an old woman down a flight of stairs?

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