Imagine that humans come into communication with intelligent life from outside our solar system.What would Kant have to say about their potential moral systems?
A) As rational agents,their morality would conform to ours.
B) As nonhumans,their morality would necessarily be different.
C) Although we would have different moral standards,we could come to understand each other's systems.
D) All life shares the same morality,whether human or nonhuman.

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Kant's moral philosophy is grounded in the idea that morality is based on rationality. Therefore, if these extraterrestrial beings are rational agents, Kant would argue that their moral system would conform to ours because it would be based on the same rational principles that underlie human morality.

Imagine That Humans Come into Communication with Intelligent Life from Outside