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Are there absolute moral rules?
1. Was Truman's order to drop the atomic bomb a violation of an absolute moral rule?
2. What is the difference between a hypothetical imperative and a categorical imperative?
3. Why did Kant believe there was an absolute moral rule against lying?
Kant and the Categorical Imperative
1. Why do people have intrinsic worth and value, while things do not?
2. What does it look like to treat someone as an end (instead of as a means)?
3. How do Kantians and utilitarians differ in their basic view of criminal punishment?
The death penalty
1 Explain one argument Nathanson makes in his article in opposition to the death penalty.
2. Explain one argument van den Haag makes in his article in support of the death penalty.
3. Do you agree with Nathanson or van den Haag?