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Essay heading: Utilitarian Vs. Kantian
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So the maxim can be written "(A) I will kill myself, (C) when it would save my friend's life, (E) for benefice." By using this maxim we have taken suicide out of the narrow duties category, because it is no longer a contradiction in conception. This maxim is close, but this maxim does not pass the Fundamental Universal Law test (FUL), in that if it is applied to all, the friend the one is trying to help would also commit suicide to prevent the one from doing the same... displayed 300 characters
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So the maxim can be written "(A) I will kill myself, (C) when it would save my friend's life, (E) for benefice." By using this maxim we have taken suicide out of the narrow duties category, because it is no longer a contradiction in conception. This maxim is close, but this maxim does not pass the Fundamental Universal Law test (FUL), in that if it is applied to all, the friend the one is trying to help would also commit suicide to prevent the one from doing the same... displayed next 300 characters
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