Hhm, after researching a bit, it appears I was taught incorrectly. Thank you for pointing that out. Nevertheless, isn't that a very subtle distinction? If I def

Hhm, after researching a bit, it appears I was taught incorrectly. Thank you for pointing that out. Nevertheless, isn't that a very subtle distinction? If I define my sense of duty from God's will, isn't the contrast against utilitarianism more or less the same? From wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological_ethics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological_ethics) > One thing that clearly distinguishes Kantian deontologism from divine command deontology is that Kantianism maintains that man, as a rational being, makes the moral law universal, whereas divine command maintains that God makes the moral law universal. I was taught that Kant was a devout Christian, but it appears that this is the subject of some debate... Again from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant): > The nature of Kant's religious ideas continues to be the subject of philosophical dispute, with viewpoints ranging from the impression that he was an initial advocate of atheism who at some point developed an ontological argument for God, to more critical treatments epitomized by Nietzsche, who claimed that Kant had "theologian blood"