 | Charles Lester Sherman - 1927 - 386 sayfa
...classic example in the history of ethical thought would be Kant's categorical imperative, which says : "Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature. " When some THE MORAL SELF Concepts in the making The moral will impulse suddenly and all unawares... | |
 | John E. Atwell - 1986 - 252 sayfa
...as follows: Since the universality of law, according to which effects occur, constitutes that which is properly called nature in the most general sense (as to form), ie, the existence of things so far as it is determined by 1 ' Beck, Commentary, p. 73. 14 Paul Dietrichson,... | |
 | N. Ross Reat, Edmund F. Perry - 1991 - 336 sayfa
...essential self. Kant suggests the same sort of pretending when he formulates his categorical imperative to "act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature."6 In this way, through a confluence of moral and intellectual symbolism of the desirability... | |
 | Ruth F. Chadwick, Clive Cazeaux - 1992 - 428 sayfa
...Kantian language, his maxim, is the moral law itself. This is the celebrated categorical imperative: 'Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature.'9 Morality, then, lies essentially in the will. The human will may be determined by respect... | |
 | Benjamin S. Llamzon - 1993 - 398 sayfa
...he is pointing to in the term " general nature," is universality. Since the universality of the law according to which effects are produced constitutes...it is determined by general laws - - the imperative may be expressed thus: Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law... | |
 | Benjamin S. Llamzon - 1993 - 398 sayfa
...- - that is, the existence of things so far as it is determined by general laws - - the imperative may be expressed thus: Act as if the maxim of thy...were to become by thy will a universal law of nature. 10 Let us take our gaze off this categorical imperative for a second to glance backward in the direction... | |
 | Immanuel Kant - 1994 - 328 sayfa
...is left undecided whether what is called duty may not be an empty concept. The universality of law according to which effects are produced constitutes...called nature in the most general sense (as to form), ie, the existence of things as far as determined by universal laws. Accordingly, the universal imperative... | |
 | Matthew Alan Cahn, Rory O'Brien - 1996 - 316 sayfa
...remain undecided whether that which is called duty is an empty concept or not. The universality of law according to which effects are produced constitutes...called nature in the most general sense (as to form), ie, the existence of things so far as it is determined by universal laws. [By analogy], then, the universal... | |
 | Stanley J. Grenz - 1996 - 220 sayfa
...Kant, Critique of pure Reason, trans. Norman Kemp Smith (New York: St. Martin's press. 1929), p. 29. 77 Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a Universal Law of Nature. Immanuel Kant, fundamental Principles of tne Mefapnysic of Morals. trans Thomas K Abbott (Indianapolis:... | |
 | Emil L. Fackenheim - 1996 - 298 sayfa
...Kantian language, his maxim, is the moral law itself. This is the celebrated categorical imperative: 'Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature.'9 Morality, then, lies essentially in the will. The human will may be determined by respect... | |
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Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature. 
