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Quotation from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
“Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law”
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Second Section, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1889)
The formula of universal law, Kant's first statement of the single categorical imperative.
Citation: "Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law" — Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Second Section, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1889). (id groundwork-of-the-metaphysics-of-morals-q9)
Portrait: Immanuel Kant - Gemaelde 2, Becker, Public domain.
