Utilitarian over Kantian View

If I were presented with the situation where in order to save my friends I had to twist a child's arm, then I would definitely do it if it saved my friend's lives. This is the Utilitarian view, which is saying that it would be ok to harm a child to save your friends lives. The Kantian view would say that it is horrible and immoral to harm the child even if it would save my friend's lives. So I agree with the Utilitarian view 100%

Puppy Punting

The question was raised whether or not it is morally wrong for another culture to partake in "puppy punting". Are we able to judge and tell them that what they practice in their culture is wrong? I think that we should not be able to decide what is morally wrong or morally right. If they want to punt puppies, then they can punt puppies. Some things that we do might be considered morally wrong to other cultures. It just comes down to what we believe.

Self-Interest vs. Morality

This is a very touchy topic, because it is one that is questioning somebody's ethics and morals over self-interest. I, personally, think that the majority of people would choose self-interest over morality because we live during a very selfish time. As soon as opportunity is presented to somebody, even if it is slightly against their morals, they will take it. Lets take a high executive in a job for instance. If you knew that your stocks were going to plummet, would you withdrawal all of your stocks right before? Or would you let all of your money go straight down the drain? This is against your morals, but would you withdraw your money and save yourself from poverty? Many people say they would go with morals, but until that situation arises, they really have no say in what they would do.