This term expresses the moral law as ultimately enacted by reason and demanding obedience from mere respect for reason.
This term expresses the moral law as ultimately enacted by reason and demanding obedience from mere respect for reason. Therefore the first fundamental principle of morality is: "Let the law be the sole ground or motive of thy will." The law is capable of inspiring respect by reason of its universality and necessity, and hence the general formula of the moral law becomes: "Act so that the maxim [determining motive of the will] may be capable of becoming a universal law for all rational beings." FTP, name this theory expounded by Immanuel Kant in the Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals.
This term expresses the moral law as ultimately enacted by reason and demanding obedience from mere respect for reason.
{Categorical Imperative}