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- In law and ethics, universal law or universal principle refers to concepts of legal legitimacy actions, whereby those principles and rules for governing human beings' conduct which are most universal in their acceptability, their applicability, translation, and philosophical basis, are therefore considered to be most legitimate.
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Jun 5, 2012 · Kant's first formulation of the categorical imperative, the Formula of Universal Law, runs: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
- Christine M. Korsgaard
- 1985
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Feb 23, 2004 · The Supreme Principle of the Doctrine of Virtue, which governs questions about moral ends, attitudes, and virtue, requires us to “act in accordance with a maxim of ends that it can be a universal law for everyone to have” (MM 6:395). These principles, in turn, justify more specific duties of right and of ethics and virtue.
- Robert Johnson, Adam Cureton
- 2004
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Mar 10, 2017 · Immanuel Kant’s most prominent formulation of the Categorical Imperative, known as the Formula of Universal Law (henceforth FUL), is generally thought to demand that one act only on the basis of maxims that one can will as universal laws.
- Pauline Kleingeld
- 2017
Jun 5, 2012 · Summary. Objective practical principles. Kant's initial formulation of the principle of morality is “formal” because it is derived from the “mere concept of a categorical imperative” (G 4:420). A categorical imperative or “practical law,” Kant says, must be “valid in the same form for all rational beings” (KpV 5:19,21).
- Allen W. Wood
- 1999
Jun 5, 2012 · Summary. Stated as an imperative, the Law of Autonomy commands us to “act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law” ( Gr. 52/421).
- Roger J. Sullivan
- 1989
Kant's Formula of Universal Law Christine M. Korsgaard Kant's first formulation of the Categorical Imperative, the Formula of Universal Law, runs: Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. (G 421/39)1
If now we attend to ourselves on occasion of any transgression of duty, we shall find that we in fact do not will that our maxim should be a universal law, for that is impossible for us; on the contrary, we will that the opposite should remain a universal law, only we assume the liberty of making an exception in our own favour or (just for this ...