The Kantian maxim requiring that no action be judged as right, which cannot reasonably become a law by which every person should always abide, is known as:
a. the categorical imperative.
c. deontology.
b. the practical imperative.
d. utilitarianism.
Ans: a. the categorical imperative.
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