Kant, Mill and Protagoras
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SummaryWhen following the determining factors of morality for either Kant or Mill one would generally arrive to the same conclusion on whether an action is moral or not. Although Kant believes that his method of deriving morality is best, Mill believes that Kant’s process is lacking. “But when he (Kant) begins to deduce from this precept any of the actual duties of morality, he fails, almost grotesquely, to show that there would be any contradiction”. Although the end result is generally the same, there is a large difference between Kant’s and Mill’s views on the determining factors of human morality.
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- When following the determining factors of morality for either Kant or Mill one would generally arrive to the same conclusion on whether an action is moral or not.
- It is what moves us to act from the rational to the empirical, or in other words, it allows us to use our mind to govern the body.
- Quite contrary to what Kant states, Mill believes that morality is derived from intensions as opposed to motivations.
- Kant and Mill have very contrasting views as to what actions one should take to act morally.
- After the initial introduction of and the final words about the divine figures, it becomes clear that the entire reference to the divine figures Epimetheus and Prometheus is merely an analogy meant to show the stances of both Socrates and Protagoras.
- The allusion to the divine figures helps us understand the argument between Socrates and Protagoras more clearly.
- This can be also viewed as in invitation for Protagoras to come back and talk with Socrates when he is ready to search for truth and when he is done search for a way to increase his own image.
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