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Formulations of the Categorical Imperative (I.

Kant)
I. The Formula of Universal Law:
Act onl on that ma!im through which ou can at the same time will that it
shoul" #ecome a universal law. ($r. %&')
(Ia) The Formula of the Law of (ature:
Act as if the ma!im of our action were to #ecome through our will
a Universal Law of (ature. ($r. %&')

II. The Formula of the )n" in Itself:
*o act as to use humanit+ #oth in our own person an" in the person of ever
other+ alwas at the same time as an en"+ never simpl as a means. ($r.%&,)
III. The Formula of Autonom:
*o act that our will can regar" itself at the same time as ma-ing universal
law through its ma!im. ($r. %.%)
(IIIa) The Formula of the King"om of )n"s:
*o Act as if ou were alwas through our ma!ims a law/ma-ing mem#er in
a universal -ing"om of en"s. ($r. %.0)

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