Should Kantians Be Consequentialists?
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Parfit argues that a form of rule consequentialism can be derived from the most plausible formulation of the fundamental principle of Kantian ethics. And so he concludes that Kantians should be consequentialists. I argue that we have good reason to reject two of the auxiliary premises that figure in Parfit’s derivation of rule consequentialism from Kantianism. In chapter 16 of On What Matters, Parfit argues that the most plausible form of consequentialism, namely Universal Acceptance Rule Consequentialism (UARC): Everyone ought to follow the principles whose universal acceptance would make things go best. follows from the most plausible form of Kantianism, namely Kantian Contractualism (KC): Everyone ought to follow the principles whose universal acceptance everyone could rationally will. Parfit summarizes his argument as follows: (KC) Everyone ought to follow the principles whose universal acceptance everyone could rationally will. (C) "ere are some principles whose universal acceptance would make things go best. (F) Everyone could rationally will that everyone accepts these principles. (H) "ese are the only principles whose universal acceptance everyone could rationally will.
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