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RE: Would you rather be stranded on a desert island for the rest of your life with a morally committed Kantian or a morally committed Utilitarian, and why?

in #philosophy8 years ago

There are only a few things that we would really need for survival. By just ignoring someone who has survival needs, you are effectively using them as a means to survive.

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Nice point! But it's not us who are deciding between each moral school. Rather, we're weighing the positives and negatives of having a companion of either moral school with us on an island.