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We're all rational beings, which simply means
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that we are beings who are capable of reason.
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We are also autonomous beings,
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which is to say
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that we are beings capable of acting and choosing freely.
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Now, this capacity for reason and freedom isn't the only capacity we have.
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We also have the capacity for pain and pleasure,
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for suffering and satisfaction.
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Kant admits the utilitarians were half right.
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Of course, we seek to avoid pain and we like pleasure,
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Kant doesn't deny this.
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What he does deny is Bentham's claim