Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law. — Immanuel Kant
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
In the original German
Ich soll niemals anders verfahren als so, dass ich auch wollen könne, meine Maxime solle ein allgemeines Gesetz werden.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals · 1785
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Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, translated by Mary Gregor and Jes Timmermann. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Original citation
Kant, Immanuel. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten [Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals]. Riga: J. F. Hartknoch, 1785.