Kant i utilitarizam
Kant and Utilitarianism

Author(s): Mirsad Priganica
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: rights; majority; utility; world view; justice; dignity;
Summary/Abstract: Kant rejects Utilitarism. He argues that Utilitarism makes the rights vulnerable. Only because certain conception of “good” gives satisfaction (makes people “happy”) to many people does not make that conception “right”. Mere fact that majority, no matter how large, prefers certain law, “world view”, “comprehensive doctrine” does not make that law and that “world view” “just”. The insight that most profoundly marks his doctrine, contrary to Greeks, is the question – how we should behave in order to be “worthy of” happiness. Grounding morality on the interests and preferences of people destroys its dignity, it does not teach us how to differentiate between “right” and “wrong”.

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