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Single Idea 2934

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative ]

Full Idea

It is selfish to experience one's own judgement as a universal law.

Gist of Idea

To see one's own judgement as a universal law is selfish

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay (Joyful) Science [1882], §335)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Gay Science', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1974], p.265

The 27 ideas with the same theme [seeing a universal rule as an inescapable duty]:

3762 Why couldn't all rational beings accept outrageously immoral rules of conduct? [Mill on Kant]
8025 The categorical imperative will not suggest maxims suitable for testing [MacIntyre on Kant]
8027 I can universalize a selfish maxim, if it is expressed in a way that only applies to me [MacIntyre on Kant]
4413 The categorical imperative smells of cruelty [Nietzsche on Kant]
15673 The intuition behind the categorical imperative is that one ought not to make an exception of oneself [Kant, by Finlayson]
8068 Universalising a maxim needs to first stipulate the right description for the action [Anscombe on Kant]
3716 Act according to a maxim you can will as a universal law [Kant]
3719 If lying were the universal law it would make promises impossible [Kant]
3727 Act as if your maxim were to become a universal law of nature [Kant]
3728 Suicide, false promises, neglected talent, and lack of charity all involve contradictions of principle [Kant, by PG]
22008 Always treat yourself and others as an end, and never simply as a means [Kant]
22009 Morality is the creation of the laws that enable a Kingdom of Ends [Kant]
22051 The categorical imperative lacks roots in a historical culture [Hegel, by Bowie]
22771 Be a person, and respect other persons [Hegel]
22781 The categorical imperative is fine if you already have a set of moral principles [Hegel]
2859 The idea of the categorical imperative is just that we should all be very obedient [Nietzsche]
2934 To see one's own judgement as a universal law is selfish [Nietzsche]
4507 The categorical imperative needs either God behind it, or a metaphysic of the unity of reason [Nietzsche]
21745 Act so as to produce harmonious rather than discordant desires [Russell]
5914 An act may be described in innumerable ways [Ross]
6449 The categorical imperative leads to utilitarianism [Hare, by Nagel]
22389 Morality no more consists of categorical imperatives than etiquette does [Foot]
22395 Moral judgements are hypothetical, because they depend on interests and desires [Foot]
4004 Consistency presupposes intrinsic description [Taylor,C]
6477 I can only universalise a maxim if everyone else could also universalise it [Nagel]
6693 'What if everybody did that?' rather misses the point as an objection to cheating [Graham]
3895 The categorical imperative is not just individual, but can be used for negotiations between strangers [Scruton]