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The categorical imperative asks whether a maxim can serve as universal law. Specifying circumstances, means and ends matters to the test and to objections against it.
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Guided course · Module 10 · Lesson 56
Can a moral rule bind everyone?
Kant tests a false promise by universalizing its maxim, and describes autonomy as giving oneself a law. The lesson considers objections to treating universalization as a general decision procedure.