Views of Various Philosophers

Kant identifies practical reason with the will. Kant does not believe we will our good automatically, and instead he believes we act for and because of reason. The will can thus ignore claims made upon it by emotions and the senses. Instead, the will responds to demands made by reason itself, and the consequences are expressed as rational imperatives. Kant and Aristotle agree that the individual can fall prey to impulses and desires and so be drawn astray. Aristotle sees the use of reason as sometimes an unconscious action inherent in the way nurture has developed a moral sense, while Kant emphasizes the consciousness of the will and states that we prove we are free by choosing actions because of

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ing its minority citizens. Another concern is that under utilitarianism, the liberty of the individual is given secondary importance in the face of the interests of the majority. Rawls sets out to propose a new theory, which he does by formulating two principles. The first principle concerns individual liberty and holds that each individual has a right to the most extensive basic liberty possible compatible with giving the same liberty to others. Such liberty can be see as in accordance with Kant's view of duty so that one is most free when living according to duty. Mill would answer that Kant is wrong to say the orality of an act should not require paying attention to its consequences, and the Utilitarian principle indeed does pay attention to consequences as purposive ends. 6. Autonomy is the supreme condition of morality. It is more than the ability to govern one's own conduct and is instead the ability to govern one's own conduct by laws one has created for oneself. Kant in discussing the Categorical Imperative states that we should act to treat humanity not as a means but always as an end. This is because rational beings exist as ends in themselves, and this is why they are called "persons." This means that the
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