Deontology: Formulations of the Universal Law

Kant

________ urged all people to see themselves as a member or lawmaker of the Kingdom Ends, and act as though your actions will be approved by this kingdom of rational beings.

Kant

________ imagined a hypothetical kingdom of perfect, rational, moral beings.

Formula of Universal Law (FUL) and Formula of the Universal Law of Nature (FULN)

“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time, will, that it should become a universal law.”

Formula of Humanity as an End in Itself (FUH)

Treat humanity as an end in itself and never simply as a means.

Formula of Autonomy (FA) or the Formula of the Kingdom of Ends (FKE)

A hypothetical kingdom of perfect, rational, moral beings.

Rational application of the Categorical Imperatives

Will lead us to moral truth that is fixed and applicable to all moral agents.

Formulas

Formula of Universal Law (FUL), Formula of the Universal Law of Nature (FULN), Formula of Humanity as an End in Itself (FUH), Formula of Autonomy (FA) or the Formula of the Kingdom of Ends (FKE)