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Topic
#531

On balance, John Stuart Mill's utilitarianism is superior to Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative

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The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
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0
Better sources
2
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

PsychometricBrain
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3
Time for argument
Two days
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10,000
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Two weeks
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Description

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R1. Pro's Case; Con's Case
R2. Pro Rebuttal; Con Rebuttal
R3. Pro Rebuttal & Summary ; Con Rebuttal & Summary

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I’m working on it :)

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@That1User

I guess this might end up being a draw :/

@That1User I cited two paragraphs from his lectures. I guess we've both lost conduct points, lmao

Guess I'm getting conduct points taken away

Ugh! I have to read through 3 rounds of Kant?

I’ll try and place a vote this week, but I swear I’m going to award Conduct against whoever posts more of his quotes. :P

Na, Kant argues that you have the moral duty to never perform certain actions (such as lying or withholding information in general) and that you can figure out these moral laws using reason alone. Aristotle on the other hand would not have an issue with witholding information sometimes and based his virtues on the observations that people who follow them seem to be successful and happy. Furthermore, Kant believed that following his CI would not make you happy and that therefore God must exist and reward you in the afterlife for following the moral laws as the world would otherwise not be just.

Isn't Kant's thing just a rip-off of Aristotle's same thing with a different name?

I appreciate your enthusiasm, I'll do my best to deliver a high-quality debate.

Ooh this looks like this is gonna be good. :popcorn:
Hope you get a good opponent.

Neato!