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Immanuel Kant On Religion And Morality

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The in class discussion we talked about how Immanuel Kant thought religion and morality was a horrible pair that should be kept apart from one another. If people got morality from religion people would not get the same list of moral codes. Instead Immanuel Kant proposed in order to the right thing an individual has to use reason instead of following some religious commandments. Immanuel Kant came up with the categorical imperative, it is commands that people had to follow regardless of religion and your desires but are derived from reason. Also Immanuel Kant states it is not fair to make exceptions for yourself if you are doing something immoral such as lying. A prime example of this is if a hitman rings your doorbell, asking for your spouse,

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