Kant's test of reversibility and principle of universalizability tell us whether an action is morally right or not. Let's ...

Kant taught that an action could only count as the action of a good will if it satisfied the test of the Categorical Imperative. Kant's version of duty-based ethics was based on something that he ...

For the lens texts, you will choose excerpts from either John Stuart Mill’s essay on Utilitarianism, which argues that the goal of every society should be to maximize the collective happiness, or ...

Some actions are intrinsically wrong and we should not pursue them simply because the overall consequences are desirable. Kant’s second formulation of the categorical imperative states that we should ...

The moral and economic imperative for action on climate change is clear. A universal climate change agreement is the most important tool the world has for doing the right thing, say Nobel Laureate ...

The next quote highlights Kant’s core moral principle, the categorical imperative. According to this principle, our actions should be based on maxims that we can will to become universal laws ...

Dowie, Suzanne E. 2022. Suicide and Homicide: Symmetries and Asymmetries in Kant’s Ethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, Vol. 25, Issue. 4, p. 715.

(This is the legitimate point made by Kant’s Categorical Imperative .... ) This happens, for example, when a person unjustifiably places the interests of his own race or social group above the ...

But according to the vice-admiral of the Baltic Fleet, sailors have their own categorical imperative to dismiss the philosopher's works. Kant "betrayed his motherland", Vice-Admiral Mukhametshin said.

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