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Kant Always Be Truthful

To lie’s always wrong, Kant decreed.
Very few were convinced by his screed,
   Seeing if he’d instead
   Held a gun to their head,
They’d have shamelessly said they agreed.

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Gershon Wolf

February 6, 2019 at 9:55 PM

So well-done! ~ gw

Andrea Dietrich

February 2, 2019 at 5:02 PM

hmm, I am not up on political things much but found a Kant on Google back from the 1700's. It wasn't that one, was it?

Ed Morris

February 2, 2019 at 6:44 PM

Yep, that's the one. A philosopher, not a politician. He believed in moral absolutes, including the idea that lying is ALWAYS wrong, even lying to a murderer in order to save your life or someone else's. (Needless to say, most people including me think his view on that was a little extreme. :-) )