'Could Kant have been a Utilitarian?'

2024-07-19

A reconciliation of Immanuel Kant'smeta-physics of morals with utilitarianism

Provocative extract from the book Sorting Out Ethics by the late R. M. Hare. Kant, I shall argue, could have been a utilitarian, though he was not. His formal theory can certainly be interpreted in a way that allows him - perhaps even requires him - to be one kind of utilitarian.

'Could Kant have been a Utilitarian?'