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Applying The Categorical Imperative In Kant's Rechtslehre, Nelson T. Potter Jr.
Applying The Categorical Imperative In Kant's Rechtslehre, Nelson T. Potter Jr.
Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications
During the last forty years there has been considerable discussion of the application of the categorical imperative to derive conclusions concerning particular moral duties and rights in Kant's moral philosophy. Much attention was focused on the four examples of such applications that occur in Chapter Two of the Groundwork, especially the first presentation of those examples, in relation to the "universal law" formulation of the categorical imperative, as opposed to their second run through in the same chapter, in relation to the second formulation of the categorical imperative, on respect for persons. In more recent years the often fuller …