7. The law of double effect. Should a patient be given painkilling drugs which reduce their life. (Philippa Foot among others)
8. Speciesist - Kant once said that "animals are there merely as a means to an end. That end is man."
this anthropocentric view may offend certain environmental theories and present humanity as arrogant - preference utilitarian Peter Singer would take particular offence because pretty much all he talks about is animals. He loves them.
9. People are different and don't necessarily have the same sense of 'good will'
10. Not everyone is capable of making rational moral decisions
11. Every action we take involves love and compassion because we are human beings
12. It is human nature to consider the consequences before acting
13 Kant's view depends on some idea of God to explain the rationally ordered world, meaning atheists cannot accept this theory
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