To what extent is kantian ethics too reliant on reason in moral decision making?

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P-kant believes that using our emotions to make moral decisions is an animalistic concept and we should instead use reason to make decisions as it is that that gives us intrinsic value.

S-rational ethics is too abstract, we are motivated to act because of emotions

Ca-abstracts emotions, removes self interest from ethics

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P-Kant claims that basing ethics upon human reason means that ethics is autonomous

s-only god is capable of providing universal standards of morality

Ca-moral law exists without depending upon god, autonomous

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p-Kant believes that by believing in reason and the idea that we are rational beings means that we have rights to be respected

S-Jeremy Bentham would argue that the concept of rights and rational beings does not exist

Ca-kants second categorical imperative

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