Kant and the lie

Abstract

In this article we will address the issue of lie, in Kant, linking moral issues. For being ethical and right branches of morality, the problem of lies is in whether it is ethical or legal question, or if it is a moral problem, which encompasses both the ethics and the right, that delegitimize such act. We start this unit with the analysis of moral concepts, ethics and law in order to understand what constitutes each of these cultural fields and which the distinction between the two. Then we will deal in particular the question of lies in practical philosophy of Kant, addressing their ethical position on the act of lying, which is raised the question whether a false statement can be justified or not. Finally, we will analyze the debate between Kant and Benjamin Constant, on the issue of lie, which will address the issue of a supposed right to lie and the general principles and intermediates, namely the application of a general principle it is possible absolute isolated without the aid of intermediate principles.