Kant On Lying Dishonesty
Kant on LyingHonesty is used to persuade someone of the truth of something. By this meaning when you are being honest you can’t ever lie no matter what the circumstances are. When being dishonest it means you are lying to the other person because we aren’t saying all the facts that are truth. According to Kant, he thinks that one should always tell the truth, regardless of the circumstances in which one finds oneself. For him if someone is trying to say the truth but lies a little bit by not saying everything then that means you aren’t being honest. Also, when saying the truth it can be dishonest if we don’t say everything and just say part of it. Many people say they aren’t lying but it occurs most of the time and others don’t realize it.
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He thought every person was born with intrinsic worth that calls it human dignity. Humans have the right to make their own decisions, guiding themselves, and set up their goals. Kant also thought that us humans since we have are freedom of power we are ethical and to be respectful in oneself and to the others. “Thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it nor in any principle of action that needs to borrow its motive from this expected effect.” (From the Ordinary Knowledge of Mortality to the Philosophical, 13). By this it means that the effect of this brings happiness and the moral consist in a representation in a law itself which brings the good in the person. Kant says the morality is the most important thing in a person because lying is the wrongful thing someone can do and especially to others. Also, if someone lies then it leads to the people to then decide instead they would’ve known the truth, that person harms their human dignity and autonomy. Kant believes that in order to value ourselves and others we have duties in order to avoid harming, interfering or misusing our freedom choices we make on our
He thought every person was born with intrinsic worth that calls it human dignity. Humans have the right to make their own decisions, guiding themselves, and set up their goals. Kant also thought that us humans since we have are freedom of power we are ethical and to be respectful in oneself and to the others. “Thus the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it nor in any principle of action that needs to borrow its motive from this expected effect.” (From the Ordinary Knowledge of Mortality to the Philosophical, 13). By this it means that the effect of this brings happiness and the moral consist in a representation in a law itself which brings the good in the person. Kant says the morality is the most important thing in a person because lying is the wrongful thing someone can do and especially to others. Also, if someone lies then it leads to the people to then decide instead they would’ve known the truth, that person harms their human dignity and autonomy. Kant believes that in order to value ourselves and others we have duties in order to avoid harming, interfering or misusing our freedom choices we make on our