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Kantian Ethics Immanuel Kant

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Emily Herman Hickman, Andrew PHL 200 March 5, 2015 KANT There are many philosophers that are known. One of these philosophers is Immanuel Kant. Kant had very interesting outlooks on aspects, like perspectives and free will. In most of his theories, Kant relied heavily on the fact that free will existed in order for this to be true. He wanted to know how one can act morally and how actions were deemed morally right or wrong. In the article, Notes on Kantian Ethics, the basis behind his principles is discussed and evaluated. In Notes on Kantian Ethics, the article goes on to first discuss the issues that Kant had with a theory called consequentialism. In this case, he found it problematic that they viewed actions to be not particularly right
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