Kant talks about rational beings having a will do to good when he says, “a will that is good, not for other purposes as a means, but good in itself-for which reason was absolutely necessary” (Kant, p. 12). With this statement Kant is saying that rational beings can do good but …show more content…
This is because we can only control our actions and not those of others. Additionally in Deontology people aren’t supposed to make themselves an exception to any of the rules. The categorical imperative states “act only according to that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it will become a universal law” (Kant, p. 34). Kant’s belief that an action can eventually be turned into a universal law acts on the concept of abortion because it is a universal law to not take another life and abortion is taking the life of an innocent child no matter how that child was conceived. I am not in complete agreement with this stance of deontology because being rape and conceiving a child wasn’t the woman’s motive but I do agree because deontology talks about not making exceptions for oneself which is what a woman would be doing if she was saying it was moral to have an abortion just because of the way in which she conceive the