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Old 11-14-2006, 10:29 PM
valenzuela valenzuela is offline
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Default Re: Would kant be an anarcocapitalist?

I kinda want to delete my post and ask " what political view would kant have" instead.
It seems to me that you can argue almost anything using kantian ethics.
For example "what would happen if all of us stole"? Thereby taxes are morrally wrong.
Also arent ppl an end in themselves. People are not means to something.
For instance banning prostitution is morally wrong because we are not letting the prostitute make her own moral desitions so we are using her as a mean instead of someone who is intrinsically valuable.( I apologize I dont know the terms kant uses in english)Btw kant thinks its immoral to lie to a killer who wants to know where his next victim is because he are not letting him make his own moral desitions.

Anyway, hopefully someone who has studied kant can help me here.
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