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Kant Against Pre-Crime
Hi Victoria, understand your claim of Pre-crime being immoral. First of all, I agree with you on the fact that Kant would be against Pre-crime. It goes against his formula for the universal law; if you do it, then it you shouldn’t have a problem with someone returning the favor. Chief Anderton, is a prime example since Pre-crime was used against him after Anderton had been all for it. However, he later figured out that Pre-crime was immoral because of the fact that it was used against him.
I also agree with you on the aspect of Director Burgess’ intentions. Not only did Burgess’ murder compromise the morality of Pre-crime, it also called into question all the criminals that were caught because of it. Kant believed that for an action to be moral,
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