Ethics and Values / Unit 5 Ethics 223 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Kant's Responsibility Reply
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The idea
Kant's reply: the truthful are not authors of what others do with truth, while the liar owns whatever follows the lie, however well meant.
In practice
Tell the truth and the murderer acts — his crime, on Kant's ledger. Lie, and the friend, having moved, is found through your lie: yours.
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