Kant's Categorical Imperative

Looking into the definition of Kant’s Categorical Imperative, he points out that one should acting strictly according to a certain extent. Another way of putting it is that when a person acts, it should be on the basis that the action will be applied to a maxim as well as a universal law. Furthermore, the Categorical Imperative offers a guideline to the practicality of a concrete yet maintained action. When applying this imperative to the ethical issue of pollution and the obligation of government to do something about it, a simple solution would be to establish the extent of pollution. Point here being is that there will always be pollution, because we live in a society that is dependent upon natural and synthetic resources for the present and future industrialization of society. In this case, if the government does have any moral obligation to eliminate pollution, the maxim they could go so that their actions would also apply to a universal perspective would be to partially intervene and limit the amount of resources consumed by major companies leading to
In the case of using animals in lab experiments, Kant’s Categorical Imperative would support the use of animals only for disease research but no more or less. The reason being why this would be the case is because, humans can’t experiment on humans, which is considered by many to be immoral, so the use of animals in disease research and cure is the best way to go. Through Kant’s view, he would see it as if a person wants to be cured of a disease, then proper experimentation and research of a cure must be applied. This does not mean that humans should go to the extreme of testing on other humans, but a universal method could be through animals because it provides us with the means of more in depth knowledge of diseases without putting human life at