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    This document discusses Kant's formal moral theory known as the categorical imperative. It provides four key elements of Kant's formulation: 1) an action must be formulated as a maxim, which is a subjective principle of action; 2) we must determine if we can will a maxim to become a universal law; 3) a maxim that is consistent with itself as a universal law is permissible, while one that contradicts itself is impermissible; 4) rational permissibility of actions is determined by whether their maxims can be universalized without rejection. The document uses Kant's example of making a false promise to illustrate his application of the categorical imperative.

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    UNIVERSABILITY

    Almendral, Princess Pauline


    Belen, Maria Cristine
    Mendoza, Jasjean Paula
    Substantive Moral Theory
    A substantive moral theory immediately
    promulgates the specific actions that
    comprise that theory. As such, it identifies
    the particular duties in a straightforward
    manner that the adherents of the theory must
    follow.
    Formal Moral Theory
    A formal moral theory does not supply
    the rules or commands straightaway does not
    tell you what you may or may not do.
    Instead, a formal moral theory provides us
    the "form" or "framework" of the moral
    theory.
    Kant endorses this formal kind of moral
    theory. The Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der
    Sitten, which he wrote in 1785, embodies a
    formal moral theory in what he calls the
    categorical imperative, which provides a
    procedural way of identifying the rightness or
    wrongness of an action.
    There are four key elements in this
    formulation of the categorical imperative,
    namely, action, maxim, will, and universal
    law. Kant states that we must formulate an
    action as a maxim, which he defines as a
    "subjective principle of action" (Ak 4:422).
    In Groundwork towards a Metaphysics of
    Morals, Kant takes up the issue of making
    false promises (Ak 4:4221). He narrates the
    predicament of a man who needs money, but
    has no immediate access to obtain it except
    by borrowing it from a friend.
    Remember that Kant states that we
    should act according to a maxim by
    which we can at once will that it
    become a universal law.
    Kant distinguishes between being
    "consistent with itself" and contradict
    itself." Look at the maxim again:
    "When I am in need of money, I shall
    borrow it even when I know I cannot
    pay it back."
    What is the result of all these?
    We reveal the rational
    permissibility of actions insofar as
    they cannot be rejected as
    universalizable maxims.
    In contrast, those universalized
    maxims that are rejected are
    shown to be impermissible, that
    is, they are irrational and thus, in
    Kant's mind, immoral.

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