Both Kantianism and Act Utilitarianism attempt to define our creation of morality and the importance of individual actions. One important aspect of both ideals in philosophy is that of equality. In terms of ethics, in practice and in study, philosophers seek to understand what governs a persons decisions and what motivates them to make those decisions. Ultimately, any action has a positive or negative reaction. This is a simple scientific fact, yet it can be …
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…the same objective, has the same means and laws to follow, and treat others the way they wish to be treated, even simply momentarily happiness can be attained. Once the "perfect world" philosophers preach about is attained, everyone would be following Kant's maxims anyway. They would be equal, they would treat each other as equals, and every decision would be relatively moral (since all would have the same ideas of morality shown through their treatment).