...universality. Thus we can express the ultimate principle of duty more concretely than we have hitherto done. '/ ought never to act except in such a way that I can also will the maxim of my action to be a unioersal law.'1 Emphasis should be put on the word 'also's because...

...judgments ordinary reason always has the Categorical Imperative before its eyes, ie, the principle that "I ought never to act except in such a way that I...also will that my maxim should become a universal law . . . "13 The third point I wish to make is the following. It has often been remarked that there...

...as if the maxim of your action were to become through your -will a universal law of nature" (p. 89); "I ought never to act except in such a way that I...also will that my maxim should become a universal law" (p. 70; also see p. 88); (2) "Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your...

...choice is often overlooked by moral theorists. Eg, one formulation of Kant's categorical imperative is "I ought never to act except in such a way that I...also will that my maxim should become a Universal law." 7 How are we to determine which of the indefinitely many descriptions of an action yields its...

...to be. One of his formulations of the criterion for right action is this: 'I should always proceed in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law."5 The application of this criterion, Kant believes, would exclude promise-breaking and lying for the...

...to be. One of his formulations of the criterion for right action is this: 'I should always proceed in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law.'15 The application of this criterion, Kant believes, would exclude promise-breaking and lying...

...the action has been performed'. Amongst the various formulations of this principle which he gave was 'I ought never to act except in such a way that I...also will that my maxim should become a universal Iam.' S Although rigorously antipsychologistic, in the sense that the extent of one's feeling of love...

...Practice'," ibid, p. 75; "Universal History," ibid, p. 46; the key principle in Kant's moral philosophy is "I ought never to act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become an universal law" (Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Moral [New York: Harper and Row, 1956], p....

...this not remind us of Kant's famous formulation (Paton, 1948, p. 67) of the categorical imperative: 'I ought never to act except in such a way that I...also will that my maxim should become a universal law.' Notes and References 1 Irene Harvey's view (1986, p. 113) that 'From these three sets of oppositions...

...three versions of the categorical imperative, the first and most important of which runs as follows: T ought never to act except in such a way that I can...will that my maxim should become a universal law.'5 Let us first note that this imperative or command is categorical, not hypothetical. A hypothetical...