A disagreement over Kant
Two Russian men waiting in line to buy beer struck up a conversation about Kant, the philosopher. I guess they were very strong believers that their individual version of Kant was the right one, as soon they were fighting. Then, one pulled a gun and started shooting.
What would Kant say?
1 comment:
It has been a while but I think Kant would understand the passion of their argument. He believed there was no subjective truths, only one big objective truth when it came to ethical matters. So you are either right or you are wrong. The crazy thing is he may even understand the shooting because he was passionate about no relativism. So, if it is ok for someone to shoot a person in the context of an argument over the defense of someone who is, for example, being tortured, then that rule would also apply to someone who is wrong about his philosophy. Of course, I am assuming the guy with the gun was right. This all changes if he was wrong about his philosophy, if that was the case then Kant would condemn the act.
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