ictator of Germany in 1933, he was aware that his country was in shambles. There was an economic depression resulting from World War I, and an absolute lack of national pride in his people. Hitler, and most of the German people, had a strong hatred of Jews. So in order to restore nationalism, Hitler decided that the pleasure of nationalism outweighed the pain of killing six million Jews, homosexuals, and gypsies. Even though his idea was able to bring back Germanys economy and nationalism was stronger than ever; can we call this a moral decision? For years, Adolf Hitler has been regarded as an evil man, but on closer inspection, it seems that all he was doing was following David Humes ideology.Immanuel Kants ideas completely and soundly dispute Humes thesis. Kant suggests that there exist three parts to the human mind, feelings, reason, and will. His theory was that reason should govern will. Feelings, are posteriori reactions to a given situation. Being as how Kants Copernican Revolution theory tells us that our minds process, and shape our experiences, we must not act on feelings without first reasoning them. In order to explain the methods of reasoning Kant introduces the Categorical Imperative.Categorical imperatives are a set of commands to direct our will. These apply to all people and commands conduct immediately, without having any other purpose or conditions. It is categorical because of its application to all rational beings and imperative because it's the principle by which one should act. It simply states, I am never to act otherwise than so that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal law (Kant p. 27). In order to be a moral being, we as rational creatures must take our feelings towards a given situation, and apply reason and logic. We should not let experience decide what is morally correct for us, but rather ask ourselves, What if this everyone else was supposed to act this way? This is bec...
