How Is Kant Justified In Antigone

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Her actions are in exact alighnment with Kant in that Antigone disregarded the possible consequences to her actions. She felt that she was morrally justified in defying the kings orders and paid for it with her life, her fiances life, and his mothers life. She killed herself and two other people, one of which she loved, because she thought she was right. That doesnt seem worth it to me, and ironically the ethical duty she felt she owed was to soneone that was already dead. So she joined her brother in death and brought two others with her. Kant believes that these so called ethical duties are more important than ones life, and Antigone proved it. Kant believed that actions should not be taken based on the possible consequences but because the