Lying Viewed Through Kant's Categorical Imperative

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Immanuel Kant believed that lying is wrong in all instances, a view called his Categorical Imperative. This paper offers a critical assessment of his view, through the eyes of a defender, Barbara Herman, and a critic, Christine M. Korsgaard. Points to lying to a murderer as an exception. This paper has four pages and three sources are listed in the bibliography.