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← Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only

8 connected korrents · 2 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 4 Mar 1865.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only Act so as to treat humanity, in yourselfor in anyone else, always as an end andnever as a means only IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is only one categorical imperative: act only on a maxim you could at the same time will to become a universal law — tap to centre the map on it There is only one categoricalimperative: act only on a maxim youcould at the same time will tobecome a universal law IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life: do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself — tap to centre the map on it Reciprocity can serve as a rule forlife: do not do to others what youdo not want done to yourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Every part of life, public or private, carries moral duties, and what is right or wrong depends on them — tap to centre the map on it Every part of life, public orprivate, carries moral duties, andwhat is right or wrong depends onthem CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: We get our dinner from traders by appealing to their self-interest, not to their kindness — tap to centre the map on it We get our dinner from traders byappealing to their self-interest,not to their kindness Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The nation should finish the war with malice toward none and charity for all, and seek a just and lasting peace — tap to centre the map on it The nation should finish the warwith malice toward none and charityfor all, and seek a just and lastingpeace Last stated 162 years ago 4 Mar 1865 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1865-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whoever refuses to obey the general will must be compelled by the whole body, which means being forced to be free — tap to centre the map on it Whoever refuses to obey the generalwill must be compelled by the wholebody, which means being forced to befree JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1762 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nothing is expedient unless it is morally right; a thing is expedient because it is right, not the reverse — tap to centre the map on it Nothing is expedient unless it ismorally right; a thing is expedientbecause it is right, not the reverse CI Cicero — holds since c. 45–44 BCE — tap for who they are
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At the centre Act so as to treat humanity, in yourself or in anyone else, always as an end and never as a means only Last stated c. 1785 Holds Immanuel Kant Read this korrent →