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Kantianism
Duty-based ethics from the ground up: the universalizability test, both formulations of the Categorical Imperative, and perfect versus imperfect duties.
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- Why Kantianism judges the act and the rule behind it, never the consequences
- The four pillars: duty-based, universal, equal, logical
- The universalizability test — identify the rule, universalize it, check for self-contradiction
- The two Categorical Imperative formulations (universal law, treat people as ends)
- Perfect versus imperfect duties, and which one wins when they conflict
- Worked cases: Carla's plagiarism, the semiconductor plant closure, the murderer at the door
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