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Ethics and Esthetics on a Biological Basis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

A. Bachem
A. Bachem*
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, College of Medicine
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Extract

Most philosophical systems of ethics are based upon the reciprocity principle as expressed by the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!” The same idea underlies Kant's categorical imperative: “Act always on such a maxim as thou canst at the same time will to be a universal law!” Here, the individual act is generalized into, and considered as the specific application of the general law of ethics.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1958 , pp. 169 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1958

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