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Quotation from The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant
“Every Action is right which in itself, or in the maxim on which it proceeds, is such that it can co-exist along with the Freedom of the Will of each and all in action, according to a universal Law”
The Science of Right, Introduction to the Science of Right, § C, trans. W. Hastie (1887)
Kant's statement of the universal principle of right, which concerns only how actions affect others' freedom, not the motives behind them.
Citation: "Every Action is right which in itself, or in the maxim on which it proceeds, is such that it can co-exist along with the Freedom of the Will of each and all in action, according to a universal Law" — Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right, Introduction to the Science of Right, § C, trans. W. Hastie (1887). (id kant-science-of-right-q1)
