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Ethics

Kantian Ethics

During Kant’s period philosophers advocated several different types of philosophies for making moral decisions. Many believed reasons for moral decisions came from a god or other forms of deity; others believed guidance from moral decisions were the rights of kings, queens, emperors or other leaders who came to their position by birth or “divine” family origins. Some used reasons provided by well known philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato. Others seemed to not have any reasons to make moral decisions and lived only for themselves. Kant’s reasons were at times congruent to reasons of some philosophers but were diametrically opposed to many if not most...

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