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In my essay I will defend the idea that; I agree with the statement, “Kant’s view of morality is of no use to someone concerned with ethical problems in everyday life because if you are clever enough, you can find a universaliable maxim to back up any action you might want to take.” My first argument is, if the person is clever enough, he can find the errors of Kant’s moral test and use it in his favor. My second argument is, morality has nothing to do with tests, one way might be that it can be decided by the help of Kant`s principle of Categorical Imperatives which is; treat people as how you want to be treated in return
First of all I want to give a short summary of Kant’s moral view and his test by universalizing the circumstance to decide whether the act is moral or not. Since specific interests, circumstances and consequences can’t be considered; the moral ‘law’ must be a general formula that is applicable in all situations. Rather than commanding specific a...

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