hat to act on utilitarian theory actually devalues that individual acting in that manner. Therefore allowing the utilitarian way to motivate our actions we are valuing one persons welfare and interest in terms of what good they can be used for. Kant appears to say that one should do un to other as they would do un to you, The Golden Rule. Kant apparently felt the complete opposite of Mill. Evidently Kant believes it is not the outcome of that action that gives it is moral worth but the motive behind the action. “Thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it nor in any principal of action that needs to borrow its motive from the expected effect.” Kant’s moral theory is actions are morally right in the goodness of the actions motives. A moral action to Kant are actions witch reason leads and not follows also were an individual inclination to act in accordance with duty overcome that persons self interest for acting this way. Therefore lying on your resume would be immoral to Kant. Due to the fact your lie could be the reason you receive the job and this would follow from the lie on your resume. Also that it is not your duty to lie. Kant’s idea on actions done out of duty is that it does not matter the intent or the outcome it is your duty therefore you must tell the truth. “If the action is done from duty and in that case every material principal is take away from it.” According to Kant freedom plays crucial roles in ethics due to the possibility of moral judgments are taken from ethics. And without the concept of freedom, reason cannot act and that theoretical reason cannot demonstrate freedom but practical reason is used for the purpose of our actions.All of this is an outlay to Kant’s Categorical Imperative; Witch is “Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become universal law.” The Categorical Imperativ...
