...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,...

...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...

...are three main formulae. Formula I or the Formula of Universal Law : Act only on that maxim theough which you can at the same time will that it should become a unwersal law.* Formula la or the Formula of the Law of Nature: Act as if the maxim of your action were...

...and with the latter, one like 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...

...the conscience to its input. In its first formulation, the categorical imperative reads [98, p. 88] : "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the...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...

...contingency. For Kant, the supreme categorically binding principle is the Categorical Imperative - "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the...same time will that it should become a universal law" (1785: 84)s, and he seeks to show, by what is generally referred to as a "transcendental deduction",...

...defensible even if it may cause cancer to a few but benefits society as a whole.) • Universal rules: "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the...same time will that it should become a universal law" (Kant's categorical imperative). THE MARKETING DILEMMA Marketers face a dilemma. The dilemma stems...

...his famous categorical imperative: "There is...only a single categorical imperative and it is this: Act only on that maxim through which you can at the...time will that it should become a universal law." In more simple language, what would be the result if everyone imitated your actions? For example: You...

...Lockean. I was drawn to the concept of 'the categorical imperative' proposed by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): 'Act only on that maxim through which you can at the...time will that it should become a universal law'. Each of us should act as if he or she were virtually legislating for the whole world, so that if six...

...that duty is to act out of reverence for the law. And what is the content of the law? Kant declares: Act only on that maxim through which you can at the...time will that it should become a universal law.. .Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a Universal Law of Nature.6 Kant...