kant and mill

; if you are not, then the act is morally impermissible. Kant
             believed that the welfare of each individual should properly be regarded as an
             end in itself, as stated in the Formula of the End in Itself:Act in such a way that
             you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any
             other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end.Kant
             believes that moral rules are exceptionless. Therefore, it is wrong to kill in all
             situations, even those of self-defense. This is belief comes from the Universal
             Law theory. Since we would never want murder to become a universal law,
             then it must be not moral in all situations.So which of the two theories would
             make a better societal order? That is a difficult question because both theories
             have "problems." For Kant it is described above, his rules are absolute. Killing
             could never be make universal, therefore it is wrong in each and every
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