PHLA11H3 Lecture Notes - Universalizability
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Thinks that his proposals are equivalent to each other they are not. Maxim of an act: principle of an act given before doing it. If the maxim is universalizable, it can be done successfully. Action is successful upon acting on a maxim if. 2. imagine a world where everybody acts on 1. If the maxim cannot be done in an imaginary world, it means that i am doing it while nobody else is which is unfair. relying on others to follow the rules is not fair fairness test. Moral requirements are not like rational requirements. Apply to us because we are rational agents. The amoralist accepts that the concept of right and wrong exists. Wants to reject the amoralist claim through a connection between rationality and morality. Argues that the amoralist believes that the concept of right and wrong exists. At the same time, the amoralist does not follow the concept and denies it immoral.
