At this point, we hope you see what powerful, useful ethical system Kant's there can be. It definitely coincides with some of our most deeply held moral belief: the sanctity of human life, the need to be impartial and not to make exceptions for oneself, and the duty we owe to others to treat each person as a "person" and not as a "thing." It also explain our tendency to morally judge the actions of others on the basis of their intentions or motives, not merely on the basis of the consequences of their actions, as utilitarian dose.