Anna Burruel Phil 126 Kant vs. Utilitarianism According to Immanuel Kant consequences do not matter, as opposed to utilitarianism in which consequences matter. The Kantian view focuses on the motivation for performing an act with total disregard for the consequences. In opposition to this view, utilitarianism makes ethical decisions about an act based the consequences that the action will bring. For a person who uses the Kantian theory, they believe that the only pure good is …
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…evil events exist, but they are not actions, thus are not done by free and rational beings. 3. The noumenal self may be free. According to Kant we have to think of ourselves as free in order to reason. To sum up utilitarianism, we can conclude that we can do any action as long as it maximizes utility. The goal is to do what would give the most amount of pleasure and least amount of pain.