What would immanuel kant do? ( Hypothetical)

Cailane November 03, 2018 at 01:53 2000 views 2 comments

your mother’s health is declining and managing her care at home was too much for you. You can’t afford in-home care but you promised you would never put her in a nursing home. What would Immanuel Kant determine as the right course of action?

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BC November 03, 2018 at 04:42 #224378 0 likes

Reply to Cailane In the light of Tim Wood's good response, it looks like there are no easy outs. You promised the impossible; you are not the first person to do that. Impossible promises can not be kept.

A better promise would have been, "Mother, I promise to take care of you as long as I can, and then I will have to find another way for you to be cared for." Or, maybe you can't take care of mother. Then, "I love you mother, but I can am not strong enough to lift you. You have to live in a nursing home." (And in many places in the world, there is no nursing home available...)

People usually do the best they can. That may not be as good as they imagine they should do, but be realistic.