...points to no actions in particular, and which is universally valid. Such a law is the following : — " Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same...time will that it should become a universal law." 1 From this law Kant seeks to derive all specific rules of duty ; and in it he finds the secret of...

...translation). Here Kant first says, " There is therefore but one categorical imperative, namely, this : Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time mill that it should become a universal lav. Now, if all imperatives of duty can be deduced from this...

...ethics. He states it thus : — " There is therefore but one categorical imperative, namely this : Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same...time will that it should become a universal law." (pp. 54 — 5.) Again, subsequently, we read : — " Act on maxims which can at the same time have...

...the truth of the definition of the command of that moral law which I have already quoted from Kant, "Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the...time will that it should become a universal law." Thus, whatever other hypothesis the fact of the existence of conscience may be consistent with, it...

...his ethics. He states it thus :— " There is therefore but one categorical imperative, namely this : Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it thould become a univenal law." (pp. 54—5.) Again, subsequently, we read :— " Act on maxims which...

...peaceful social life only, uninterfered with by the discipline which inter-social antagonisms entail, tney quickly develop this consciousness. Entirely pacific...the Christian rule. The suggestion that every other man must be imagined to act after a manner similar to the manner proposed, joined with the tacit implication...

...overtly recognize the positive element in justice, affirm in detail its negative element—specify limits to actions, and, by prescribing these limits...the Christian rule. The suggestion that every other man must be imagined to act after a manner similar to the manner proposed, joined with the tacit implication...

...referred to an ideal, yet various references are traceable. We may see one in the dictum of Kant — " Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same...time will that it should become a universal law." For this implies the thought of a society in which the maxim is aeted upon by all and universal benefit...

...of that conflict of races which, by peopling the Earth with the strongest, has been a preliurinary to high civilization, there have gone on these incongruous...the Christian rule. The suggestion that every other man must be imagined to act after a manner similar to the manner proposed, joined with the tacit implication...

...limits. Taking no note of intermediate forms of the conception, we may instance among modern forma the one which it took in the mind of Kant. His rule...the Christian rule. The suggestion that every other man must be imagined to act after a manner similar to the manner proposed, joined with the tacit implication...