Similarities/differences Bentham's ethics/Kant's ethics

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    • Similarities
      Both ethics function on a secular society - Kant because humans having moral responsibility and Bentham because he focuses on hedonism rather than religion
    • Similarities
      Both ethics support the aims for democracy - Kant because of the universability of the Kingdom of Ends and Bentham becase he focuses on greatest good for the greatest number
    • Similarities
      Both have similar context, moral philosophers working for the good of society and both theories support good for humans above all else.
    • Differences
      Teleological vs deontological - Bentham's is teleological, whilst Kant's is deontological
    • Differences
      Kant holds a belief in the existence of God and angels whilst Bentham does not.
    • Differences
      Bentham aims for pleasure whilst Kant aims for reason
    • Differences
      In Bentham's ethics there are no moral absolutes, but in Kant's ethics there are some actions always considered wrong.
    • Differences
      Bentham uses the Hedonic Calculus whilst Kant uses the categorical Imperatives
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