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The Three Formulations of the categorical imperative

1st Formulation :

‘I should never act in such a way…’

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‘I should never act in such a way, that I could not will that my maxim should be universal law’

2nd Formulation :

‘Act in such a way that you always treat humanity…’

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‘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’

1st Formulation :

‘I should never act in such a way…’

‘I should never act in such a way, that I could not will that my maxim should be universal law’

2nd Formulation :

‘Act in such a way that you always treat humanity…’

‘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’

3rd Formulation :

‘Every being must so act as if he were through his maxim…’

‘Every being must so act as if he were through his maxim always a legislating member in the universal
kingdom of ends’

1st Formulation :

‘I should never act in such a way, that I could not will that my maxim should be universal law’
2nd Formulation :

‘Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or the person of any
other, never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end’

3rd Formulation :

‘Every being must so act as if he were through his maxim always a legislating member in the universal
kingdom of ends

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