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Quotation from The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant
“Act externally in such a manner that the free exercise of thy Will may be able to co-exist with the Freedom of all others, according to a universal Law”
The Science of Right, Introduction to the Science of Right, § C, trans. W. Hastie (1887)
The universal law of right in the form of an imperative; Kant adds at once that it does not command us to make this limitation our motive.
Citation: "Act externally in such a manner that the free exercise of thy Will may be able to co-exist with the Freedom of all others, 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-q2)
