Maxims and thick ethical concepts
I begin with Kant's notion of a maxim and consider the role which this notion plays in Kant's formulations of the fundamental categorical imperative. This raises the question of what a maxim is, and why there is not the same requirement for resolutions of other kinds to be universalizable....
Main Author: | Moore, A |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
2006
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