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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]
	Full Idea: The whole essence of propriety is quite certainly consistency.
	From: M. Tullius Cicero (On Duties ('De Officiis') [c.44 BCE], 1.110)
	A reaction: This seems to me the key intuition on which Kant built his deontological ethical theory. However, opponents say the consistency requires principles, and these are the enemies of truly good human behaviour, which involves Aristotle's 'particulars'.