I found a quote that Kant said. It reads, "In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so." I interpretted this quote as saying that when a man violates others he gets punished for it and is guilty. I think the second part of the quote is the important part. I suppose that Kant is meaning that even if you consider violating others rights, you should still be punished. It is unethical to even think about violating others rights. Even if you don't commit the violation, you are still commiting it in your head.
I think this is an interesting quote because it relates to The Music of Our Lives. We have been discussing Kant and his beliefs in class the past couple days. I believe this quote relates to our discussion because of how one of Kathleen Higgins emphasis in her book is ethical emphasis. She goes into great detail about Kant and his beliefs in order to help support her emphasis on ethics. Higgins believes that Kant has very useful information .
I would like to point out that Higgins doesn't fully accept Kant's view. She does feel that he helps support her somewhat though.
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