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Immanuel Kant Ticking Time Bomb
Immanuel Kant lived during a time period where the French enlightenment took place. The enlightenment is referred to as the age of reason. This was a time in which people wanted to throw off traditions and religion because they questioned the tradition authority. They were trying to eliminate them from having any influence in the decision-making processes. What they deemed to be superstition in favor of pure reason the notion was that reason if guided properly would lead us humanity to the truth. Kant's theory is based solely on the duty of ones action, whether one chooses to be good or not; their consequence does not matter. I believe the Kantian theory would be an interesting and effective way to analyze the “Ticking Time Bomb” case by

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