Kant and Mill

In class we talked about a scenario of a bomb that would go off in Barry. One person in class had put the bomb there and had the code to disarm or defuse it. The problem is deciding which options to use would be the best one. Using different views by Kant and Mill we can decide which is the moral or right way to handle the situation by their views. Mill believes that the best solution is to find a plan that would bring the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest amount of people. By that view, the best answer would be to get the code from the person who planted the bomb there in order to spare all the lives in Barry. They are able to do this either by manipulation or torture.  Either way would be appropriate according to Mill because if they did retrieve the code from the person with the bomb than they would be able to help save the lives of many innocent people. It would be everyone in the class rooms responsibility to help save those in the other building because it is their moral obligation or duty to try to help those people. The other philosopher, Kant, has a different opinion about the situation. He believes that your actions affect your consequences. If you do not help than you do not have any moral problem because you did not have anything to do with the bomb or anyone in the building. He believes that if you do help and you are not successful than your are responsible for the death of all the people inside Barry. You wouldn't be able to torture the person with the bomb because they would go against the categorical imperative. So they would have to retrieve the code from the guy without means of torture.