Kant vs. Mill

The difference in oppinion on morality is clearly established bewteen the two philosophers, Kant and Mill, when Kant says that happiness can not be the reason for life.  Mill clearly believes that the measurement of overall happiness is what determines morality, but for Kant he says it is the will of the person doing the action.

Kant’s version of morality is what philosophers refer to as deontology, that is the belief that the moral value of an action can be determined from the reasons the action was doen for.

Mills version is consequentialism, which is teh exact opposite, this belief is that an actions moral value can be determined from measuring its effect on overall happiness. 

Mill  looks at the after effect of an action while all Kant is concerned with is what set this action in motion.

~ by Jon Rothman on October 28, 2007.