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| Article |
| Kalin on the Categorical Imperative |
| Jeffrie Murphy |
| 79 Ethics 163 (1969) |
| Open Access | Library Access |
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Abstract: Kant’s famous Categorical Imperative really contains two criteria for moral rightness. The first, used to derive perfect duties, is that you should act on no maxim which is incapable of being a universal law. The second, used to derive imperfect duties is that certain maxims, even if capable of being universal practices, are immoral if the agent cannot consistently will that they be universal practices. Professor Jesse Kalin has argued that the second criterion yields highly counterintuitive results and must therefore be rejected as a correct criterion of moral right. This article argues that Kalin’s attack rests upon a misunderstanding of Kant. |
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