Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law', which he restates a few sentences later as. The Virtues in Medical Practice - Side 9af Edmund D. Pellegrino, David C. Thomasma - 1993 - 224 siderBegrænset visning - Om denne bog
| James Houghton Kennedy - 1891 - 320 sider
...categorical imperative issued by our practical reason, which bids us to act solely on that maxim whereby we can at the same time will that it should become a universal law, and forbids us to allow any other influence to interfere with our action. This imperative, he maintains,... | |
| James Palmer - 1904 - 90 sider
...we are repelled by it. Take the categorical imperative "Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law," and put down beside it the rule, " All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even... | |
| Ernst Cassirer - 1946 - 320 sider
...the categorical imperative becomes a contradiction in terms. To act only on that maxim, whereby we can at the same time will that it should become a universal law, is impossible. How can there be a universal law since there is no universal man? An ethical maxim that... | |
| H. J. Paton - 1971 - 288 sider
...another. CHAPTER XIV THE FORMULA OF UNIVERSAL LAW §1. Formula I. 'Act only on that maxim theough which you can at the same time will that it should become a unioersal law.'1 This injunction is already familiar to us. We found its though in a negative form.... | |
| J. J. C. Smart, Bernard Williams - 1973 - 162 sider
...Kant's.2 That is, if it is permissible to interpret Kant's principle 'Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law' as 'Act only on that maxim which you as a humane and benevolent person would like to see established... | |
| Moshe Kroy - 1974 - 260 sider
...first formulation, the categorical imperative reads [98, p. 88] : "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." This formulation contains the following elements: i. The specification of an input set for the application... | |
| John Wall - 2005 - 244 sider
...clear assertion of the centrality of autonomy to moral life: "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."4 It binds the self to others precisely by demanding treatment of others universally as free agents... | |
| Immanuel Kant - 2005 - 220 sider
...imperative as commanding simply that one's maxims conform to the idea of universal law: "Act only on that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it become a universal law" (G 4:421). He then introduces a variant, the formula of the universal law of... | |
| Merle Spriggs - 2005 - 296 sider
...certain consistency or rationality on our actions by asking that we act according to a maxim which we can, 'at the same time will that it should become a universal law.'77 Kant uses promise keeping as an example on which to try out the categorical imperative. When... | |
| Herman T. Tavani - 2006 - 382 sider
...Kant (1724-1804) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). The Kantian Categorical Imperative, "Act only on that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it be a universal law of nature," and Mill's Utilitarian Greatest Happiness Principle, "Act so as bring... | |
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