KANT'S FORMULA OF UNIVERSAL LAW
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Self-Legislation in Kant's Moral Philosophy
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“A behavior fails the Contradiction in Conception Test if, when it is universalized, there is a contradiction between the behavior and the purpose it was designed to serve (see Korsgaard, 1985, for additional interpreta- tions).”
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“Of interest, Kant proposed a procedure for knowing whether any particular duty is perfect or imperfect, but it is too lengthy to discuss here (see Korsgaard, 1985, for a review).”
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“According to one form of a Kantian moral theory, actions are wrong because their maxims ‘cannot be universalized without contradiction’ (Kant 1785; cf. Korsgaard 1985).”
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“12 This mirrors Korsgaard’s (1985) discussion of false promising and logical contradiction.”
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“Moreover, having consent would allow this practice to meet the criteria of universalizability posed by Kant, rendering it morally acceptable since it would be open to debate and able to be performed by anyone [2, 15].”
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“Keywords: imperfect duties, perfect duties, trust THE GREAT MORAL PHILOSOPHER, IMMANUEL KANT (1991), proposed a sharp distinction between perfect and imperfect duties (see Korsgaard, 1985, for recent neo-Kantian perspectives).”
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- Korsgaard, C. M.
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- University of Chicago (US)
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- Korsgaard, Christine M.
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