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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Subjective and Objective' and 'Aspects of the Theory of Syntax'

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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view [Nagel]
     Full Idea: The right thing to do is to turn oneself as far as possible into an instrument for the realisation of what is best 'sub specie aeternitatis'.
     From: Thomas Nagel (Subjective and Objective [1979], p.204)