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Quotation from Perpetual Peace by Immanuel Kant

“All actions relating to the rights of other men are wrong, if the maxims from which they follow are inconsistent with publicity.”

Immanuel Kant

Perpetual Peace, Appendix II, trans. Mary Campbell Smith

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The 'transcendental formula of public right', Kant's test for just policy.

Citation: "All actions relating to the rights of other men are wrong, if the maxims from which they follow are inconsistent with publicity." — Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, Appendix II, trans. Mary Campbell Smith. (id kant-perpetual-peace-q8)

Portrait: Immanuel Kant - Gemaelde 2, Becker, Public domain.

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