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Borrero July 22, 2021

Ethics
KANT’S THEORY

One of Kant's categorical imperatives is the universalizability principle, in which

one should "act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will
that it become a universal law.” In lay terms, this simply means that if you do an action, then
everyone else should also be able to do it. Also, Kant has this theory related to Consequences
and is called Consequentialism. It is a theory that suggests an action is good or bad depending on
its outcome. An action that brings about more benefit than harm is good, while an action that
causes more harm than benefit is not. It’s basically a rule of conduct that is unconditional or
absolute for all agents, the validity or claim of which does not depend on any desire or end.

In terms of being normal and all being equal, this theory might have its own advantage
and disadvantages. In this theory, acting with the maxim gives everyone the assurance that
everyone will do the things they are about to do with the intention of the greatest good. The cost
of everyone being equal is that no one would stand for them as a leader to lead them given that
everyone is equal. We might all think that this would lead into a chaotic experience since we do
not have rules and such. The good thing here is that even without a leader, everyone will stay in
phase. Given that we are all under this theory, everyone will do the greatest good for the greatest
number of people. Incorporating the consequentialism theory of Kant, all of us will be aware of
the consequences of our actions which results to a less disorganized society because we all
consider the outcome of the things that we are about to do.

Therefore, this theory helps everyone give a harmonious world if we all are equal and
normal but the thing there is that there will be no fun or thrill since we all are equal and good
towards each other which will give us a dull world and would be a boring world to live in.