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Universalizability Test

The document discusses the concept of universalizability in Kantian ethics and deontology. It provides examples of actions to test if they are universalizable using the universalizability test process, which involves formulating the maxim of the action, testing for contradictions if it was a universal law, and concluding the moral obligation. The document aims to help users discuss, use and conclude moral obligations using the universalizability test.

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Universalizability Test

The document discusses the concept of universalizability in Kantian ethics and deontology. It provides examples of actions to test if they are universalizable using the universalizability test process, which involves formulating the maxim of the action, testing for contradictions if it was a universal law, and concluding the moral obligation. The document aims to help users discuss, use and conclude moral obligations using the universalizability test.

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Universalizability

Test
GEC 8 - Ethics
Quick Review

What is the concept of


Universalizability in Deontology or
Kantian Ethics?
EXERCISE

Identify if the following actions are


universalizable.

Answer in Yes or No.


1. Taking a leave at work because I
am sick
2. Not eating due to sadness from a
break up
3. Using my cellphone during
discussion because I feel bored
4. Drive motorcycle in full speed
when I am late
5. Giving my extra clothes to the
homeless and victims of calamities
Objectives

*Discuss the process of universalizability


test

*Use universalizability test to valuate


actions

*Conclude our moral obligations using the


universalizability test
“Act only according to
such a maxim by which
you can at once will that
it becomes a universal law
without contradiction.”
Universalizability test process

0. identify action to be tested (given)

1. Formulate maxim (When I… I shall…)

2. Test universalizability

3. Conclude moral obligations


Universalizability test process

0. identify action to be tested (given)

Going to the disco without my parents’


permission because I want to have fun with my
friends.
Universalizability test process

1. Formulate maxim (When I… I shall…)

When I want to have fun with my friends, I shall


go to the disco without my parents’ permission.
Universalizability test process
2. Test universalizability

Suppose the maxim should become a universal law, that is, every
one is ought to go to the disco without parents’ permission to
have fun with friends.

Discuss if there is a contradiction or there is no contradiction

With contradiction = evil


Without contradiction = good

There is contradiction
There is no contradiction
Universalizability test process

3. Conclude moral obligations


Therefore do/ Therefore do not

Therefore do not go to the disco without your


parents’ permission because you want to have
fun with yout friends.
Test if the following actions are
universalizable
1. Marrying the man who impregnated me even if I do not love him.
2. Not attending classes because you do not like the course you are
enrolled in
3. Saving money from my salary because I want to go to vacation
4. Having an affair with another person because I am having a hard
time with my spouse
5. Getting myself drunk in order to forget my problems
6. Positing nude videos on tiktok to gain more followers
7. Staying late every night to study lessons in my subjects
8. Lying about my credentials on my curriculum vitae
9. Picking trash on the floor and throwing it in the bin upon going
out in the classroom.
10. Crying on my own/in private to reduce the stress I feel
11. Turning off the lights and ceiling fan when no one is using the
classroom
12. Sleeping during class because I am tired from doing personal
stuffs
1. Taking a leave at work because I
am sick
2. Not eating due to sadness from a
break up
3. Using my cellphone during
discussion because I feel bored
4. Drive motorcycle in full speed
when I am late
5. Giving my extra clothes to the
homeless and victims of calamities
Thank you!

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