A hooker, a whore, a call-girl, a prostitute-whichever the name a person of this profession would rather be called, he/she still solicits his/her body for a living. Is it necessary for one of such a profession to go to vocational school for this? Many questions have been raised about the solicitation of sex, or prostitution, which makes it such a controversial subject. Several states in the U.S. and some countries have legalized prostitution. For example, Las Vegas is well-known for prostitution on the streets; it is legal throughout the state of Nevada. Should prostitution be legal? Is it OK? I, myself, do not believe prostitution is right. According to the famous philosopher Imanuel Kant, prostitution is not OK.
             According to the ethics of Imanuel Kant, an act gains it's moral worth not from it's consequences, but from it's motivation-goodwill. In other words, an act one performs has moral value to it from goodwill. What is goodwill? Well, according to Kant, goodwill in an act follows the two forms of the categorical imperative (command):
             -act only on that maxim (motivation) through which you can at the same time will that it (the maxim) should become a universal law
             -act in such a way that you treat humanity whether in your person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end
             The first type of the categorical imperative says to only act on a motivation which could become a universal law; do not do something which one would want another to do to oneself. If one stole fifty dollars from another, would he/she want someone else to steal fifty dollars from him/her? In all likelihood, he/she would not want that to happen to him/herself. The latter form of the categorical imperative deals with respecting humanity. It is saying to not just use people as tools, as a means to an end; do not disrespect a person's humanity (which also applies to oneself)....