PhilArchive
open access
On the Expressive Limits of Kant’s Universalizability Tests
My goal in this piece is to show that there is a problem lurking in the shadows of recent attempts to derive positive duties from Kant’s so-called universalizability tests and, further, to show that the most obvious way of fixing these attempts renders them unable to fulfill their function. I shall begin by motivating and explaining such an attempt.
Conceptio Open Archive
Analyze & explore related research in Conceptio
Connect this record directly into your research workflow or AI agent. Explore citations across open repositories, query full text, and export structured proof bundles.
This document is indexed with metadata only: full text is not available in the archive for this record. Open the official source ↗
Related documents
- Positive Duties, Kant’s Universalizability Tests, and Contradictions#79000
- Generating General Duties from the Universalizability Tests#86481
- Nary an Obligatory Maxim from Kant’s Universalizability Tests#696404
- The Problem with Using a Maxim Permissibility Test to Derive Obligations#118282
- Kantian Ethics, Dignity and Perfection#734465
Record · ID 722398
Retrieved via Conceptio: every document is proof-bundled with source, license, and retrieval metadata.
Retrieved via Conceptio: every document is proof-bundled with source, license, and retrieval metadata.
Bring this data into your agent: Connect via MCP or API · 20 free credits to start · no card required
Read the Docs → · View CLI source on GitHub · Conceptio Open Knowledge Archive
Read the Docs → · View CLI source on GitHub · Conceptio Open Knowledge Archive