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Moral Maxim

A Moral Maxim is a prescriptive principle of action that specifies what an agent should do in a given situation, distinguished within deontological ethics as the formulation of a rule that can be universally willed without contradiction, serving as the fundamental unit of moral evaluation according to Kantian moral theory.

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110

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67

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2017–2026

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Authors

110

  1. RM
    Richard McCarty

    East Carolina University, United States

    3 publications · 82 citations

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  2. MS
    Martin Sticker

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  3. JK
    Jennifer K. Uleman

    State University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  4. MB
    Marcia Baron

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    2 publications · 222 citations

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  5. JR
    John Rawls

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 2.3K citations

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Institutions

67

  1. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    152 citations

  2. California State University, Northridge

    Northridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  3. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  4. Spring Hill College

    Mobile, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  5. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

  6. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  7. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

  8. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

    PPR · 5 publications · 470 citations

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  2. Kant-Studien

    5 publications · 238 citations

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  3. Kantian Review

    5 publications · 118 citations

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  4. Ethics

    4 publications · 165 citations

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  5. The Journal of Philosophy

    4 publications · 2.3K citations

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