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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
No, it refers to a material maxim; for morality one's material maxims must be transformed into formal ones.
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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
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"I am never to act otherwise than so that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law,"
{ 1 } - defines acting for the sake of duty.
{ 2 } - is not the categorical imperative.
{ 3 } - is Kant's only formulation of the moral law.
{ 4 } - is not the moral law.
{ 5 } - refers to a formal maxim.
{ 6 } - is not known by everyone.
{ 7 } - implies that one may act on the maxim "everyone may make a promise with no intention of keeping it (that is anyone may lie) when he finds himself in a difficulty from which he can extricate himself by no other means."
No, it cannot be universalized.
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