Philosophy on Kant and Jeremy Bentham
Choose ONE of the following questions and write a brief response that follows the
CHOOSE ONE
Q1. Provide your answer to the following situation. Respond to this situation from a Kantian point of view.
Suppose that a person with knowledge of an imminent terrorist attack, that will kill many people in the next 24 hours, is in the hands of the authorities and that he will disclose the information
needed to prevent the attack, and save many people, but only if he is tortured. Should he be tortured?
OR
Q2. Both Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill were philosophers who wrote on the ethical theory of Utilitarianism. Briefly discuss the most significant difference between Mill's Utilitarianism
and Bentham's Utilitarianism.