RE: Knowledge is Power (21) - Kant and Categorical Imperative
"The main disadvantage of Categorical Imperative is that it is a command that you must follow, regardless of what you desire, therefore it is pitting happiness against morality.
Yeah, this is what I would consider to be the decisive argument against Kant's ethics. Kant has no answer to the person who says "Why should I do my duty? Why shouldn't I do what makes me happy instead?"
The correct answer IMO is that doing what is right will actually make you happy over the long-run in most cases, and this is why you should do it. Because Kant has made moral principles "duties" or rules though, he can't answer in this way. So instead, he claims there is no "inclination" that could make one want to do one's duty, but one should do one's duty anyway. That doesn't make much sense.
What do you think?
I totally agree with you. I am happy when I do something I was supposed to do and I know it is right. The problem is that not all people agree with what is right, so here comes Kant's theory. I see is as in law. We must follow laws, otherwise the society won't function.