Kant's Ethics Part 2: Criticisms

[WW-cctd]

i can't help feel that as soon as we start thinking about how to tailor a response to a given situation we are already falling back into consequentialism regardless of whether the response may or may not satisfy Kantian

[DexTFT]

Very good video. The criticism is demonstrated smoothly through examples and ordered work.
Another criticism, a 4th one, can be fairly added, and that is: 4. Since Kant's rule 'one must not lie.', which is a categorical imperative, fails to be right in many cases, it is no longer categorical, for the definition of the word 'categorical' in 'categorical imperative' means that the imperative, the rule, works in all cases and for all categories, so the rule proves that it goes against itself.

[deltathirtyfour]

You clearly did not understand the abstract behind his imperatives. Based on your “logical to your mind” example, you didn’t understand Kant telling you that it is never okay to lie even to save a life. Try to save the life morally, not immorally. Your adding more immoral maxims into reality by lying. Only the ethical egoists gives exceptions to immorality usually because of weakness.

[jarrodyuki]

you cant be held responsible for lying to murderers if your intention is to protect innocent people.

[muhammedshanushan]

Someone can simply make a maxim by saying "one should never lie except it benefits me" and it's completely ok according to kantian theory