Monday, June 27, 2011
Kant's categorical imperative and the calculus of consequences
Yes, suppose the decoy girl that you use falls deeply in love with you and then when she learns of the deception she ends her life. I know this is an unlikely scenario but it HAS happened before so it is not an IMPOSSIBLE scenario and then for the rest of your life you would regret that your actions aimed at short term gratification resulted in someone taking their own life. Back to Kant and his categorical imperative, we must assume all possible scenarios of our words and deeds and then base our decisions upon the worst case scenario.
