...of things so far as it is determined by general laws, the imperative of duty may be expressed thus : Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a Universal Law of Nature. We will now enumerate a few duties, adopting the usual division of them into duties to ourselves and...

...Kant, but the means of wakening the virtuous impulse. The " imperative of duty " he expresses thus ; " act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature." Now it seems that a utilitarian might use this maxim of duty if he were allowed to derive its force...

...of things so far as it is determined by general laws, the imperative of duty may be expressed thus : Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a Universal Law of -Nature. We will now enumerate a few duties, adopting the usual division of them into duties to ourselves and...

...creature to be reformed ? Now how does Kant deal with these questions ? His categorical imperative— Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature — gives perhaps not the essence of virtue, but a property of it, which may indeed serve as a subjective...

...that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law ; " or, " Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature." That this principle is not purely formal is easily seen. It tells us what is right, and is, therefore,...

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...whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law;'| or ""ct as *f tne maxim of thy action were to be^come by thy will a Universal Law of Nature.'] ( Ab. p. 55. ) As the first consciousness of duty is as conformity to a law, the statement of the law...

...of things so far as it is determined by general laws, the imperative of duty may be expressed thus : Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a Universal Law of Nature." l A maxim on which it is lawful to act is, in Kant's view, not simply one which we may will because...

...seems to have held that all particular rules of duty can be deduced from the one fundamental rule " Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature1." But this appears to me an error analogous to that of supposing that Formal Logic supplies...

...extent of my ability, their good is included in my own. Hence we have the maxims laid down by Kant: "Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature." "So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of another, in every case as an...