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1	Morality, the Great Falsehood eone killed an elephant then some people would say that's morally ok. if every person killed an elephant then the e He is talking about the categorical imperative, which has embedded in itself the rule that said things may not lead to contradictions like you described (or they're not imperatives). So all elephants either staying alive or living isn't (according to Kant) good or bad, since that leads to a contradiction. An example given is one against animal cruelty, however. Whether leaving the …	/r/TheRedPill	19/05/19 11:23 AM
1	Morality, the Great Falsehood You're referring to Kants' categorial imperative. At the time this was indeed a revolutionary way to determine if you could gain a priori synthetic knowledge and if humans could determine their own morality. However, it has flaws. A famous example to showcase how it's flawed is: Say a potential murderer ask you where his victim that he is chasing went (you hid him in your house). Do you tell him where he is? If everyone lied that'd be bad and would lead to a shitty world -> bad. In this example:…	/r/TheRedPill	19/05/19 12:10 AM