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What if everyone did it?

Kant's test: imagine the rule behind your action were a rule for everyone. If it only works because others don't follow it - jumping a queue, a false promise - you are making an exception of yourself.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can turn an action into the rule behind it and use the everyone test, and say why "what if everyone became a dentist?" isn't the test.

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    Foundation

    You can turn an action into the rule behind it and use the everyone test, and say why "what if everyone became a dentist?" isn't the test.

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    DutyThe everyone test is Kant's way of finding duties.The golden ruleLike the golden rule, it asks you to see yourself as one of everyone.

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What's still between you and What if everyone did it?, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Moral questionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  15. 15Moral reasoningDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  16. 16Harm and consentDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  17. 17ConsequencesDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  18. 18Ends and meansDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  19. 19DutyDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  20. 20Treating like cases alikeDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  21. 21The golden ruleDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  22. 22What if everyone did it?Depth 1 · Foundation · Ethics

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