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Could you provide a clear distinction between imperfect and perfect duties according to deontologists?
How are the two duties different from each other, while seemingly the same, just as Kant says with regards to the two duties.
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How does Kant go from good will to duty?
In the opening of The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Kant starts talking about good will to build grounds for, in so far as I understand, the concept of acting from duty. Could someone ...
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A contradiction in Kant's Universalizability Principle
I figured a contradiction in Kant's Universalizability principle, but I'm very surprised that it was so easy to prove that wrong, so I think that I might be wrong somewhere.
Let us first begin with a ...
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How could maxims become universal laws? (What does Kant's Categorical Imperative mean?)
This states 'act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become a universal law'.
How can I will a maxim to become a universal law, surely that kind of ...
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