Required Reading: https://www.iep.utm.edu/kantmeta/#H8
Required Reading: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-deontological/
Required Reading: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5682/5682-h/5682-h.htm by Immanuel Kant
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In 500 words or more (no less), create a maxim and evaluate it via the three formulations of the Categorical Imperative. Your maxim should only involve moral questions [i.e. “Stealing is always wrong”, but not “Doing jumping jacks is always wrong”]. The moral question should be general enough to apply to first principles and should involve no circumstantial qualifiers [i.e. “Stealing is always wrong”, not “If I am not hungry or chasing a bad guy or when no one is looking, stealing is always wrong”]. You may use examples, but you will still need to include a full scholarly definition of each, with commentary.
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