Kantian

created by Webster 1913
(idea) by ndogg (4.7 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Wed May 30 2001 at 18:55:00
The philosophy conceived by Immanuel Kant and for whom it was thusly named.

Kantians state as their moral base the Categorical Imperative which is composed of two fundamental formulas:
Formula of Universal Law: I am never to act otherwise than so that I could also <rationally> will that my maxim should become a universal law.
Formula of End in Itself: Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:37:42

Kant"i*an (?), a.

Of or pertaining to Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher; conformed or relating to any or all of the philosophical doctrines of Immanuel Kant.

 

© Webster 1913.

Kant"i*an, n.

A follower of Kant; a Kantist.

 

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