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Episode 10: Kantian Ethics: What Should We Do?

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Is It a Good Idea?

In the hypothetical world, it would be, everyone must when they want to go somewhere. But inom you would phrase the maxim as something like, conceive of a world in which every one must lie any time that they think that will get them what they want. This is just a thought experimento, right, determine its permissibility. It's not, yes, saying that that world should that's not say that, you know, thebest idea. O e world. Let's say this sounds absurd. Well, that's the point. That's where the categorical imparative, that's why it's just seems so blatantly absurd to me, and seems less absurd in

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