What rule or rules you can suggest based on the four steps

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Discussion Post: Categorical Imperative for Kant

Categorical Imperative

For Kant, following a universalizable rule and respecting autonomy were paramount. As such, there were very few rules that qualified, truthfulness was one. Preserving life might be another one. Johnson and Cureton lay out the steps required for a moral rule to satisfy the categorical imperative as follows:

First, formulate a maxim that enshrines your reason for acting as you propose.

Second, recast that maxim as a universal law of nature governing all rational agents, and so as holding that all must, by natural law, act as you yourself propose to act in these circumstances.

Third, consider whether your maxim is even conceivable in a world governed by this law of nature.

If it is, then, fourth, ask yourself whether you would, or could, rationally will to act on your maxim in such a world. If you could, then your action is morally permissible.

Discussion Task: See what rule or rules you can suggest based on these four steps and then see if you can think of a justifiable reason to violate this rule (no, you cannot use truthfulness). If you are unable to develop a rule, then discuss why you found doing so impossible.

Johnson, Robert and Adam Cureton, "Kant's Moral Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Edited by Edward N. Zalta 7 July 2016.

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