Kant and the Inquiring Murderer Objection

When we stop to think about all the reasons that consequentialism is indefensible, the offshoot is a presumptive case in favour of some version of deontology. Although this leap is a bit premature, given that virtue-ethics offer a legitimate alternative, it is not hard to see why a falling out with one structure of ethical governance will be a catalyst to seeking favor with its antithesis.

Immanuel Kant embodies all that is an ethical rebellion against the intuitions behind consequentialism. Even though, temporally speaking, Kant predates the rise of consequentialism in England-a rise that was ironically a rebellion against Kantianism-Kantian intuitions are not as prima facie obviously convincing as those of, for example, Utilitarianism, and as such, would likely be explored in seriousness as a 'second resort.'