Document Type
Article
Abstract
Immanuel Kant wanted ethics to be a discipline in accerd with reason. Therefore, any moral directive had to have that universality Which is characteristic of reason, like the way in which the principles of fogic are reducible to symbolic terms. So Kant defined his morality in terms connected toa the universalizable form of maxims to action. This looks like a prudent move, for when one is developing an ethical theory, universality is generally a very important part of that whole. Tf an action is to be called good or bad, it is crucial to the binding force of the system that this judgment be seen as holding for all Similar situations, and not just for that particular circumstance, or for certain participants.
Publication Date
1990
Recommended Citation
Wyma, Keith, "Problems with Universality in Immanuel Kant's Ethics" (1990). Bouwsma Paper Contest. 1.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/philosophy_bouwsma/1