GLOSSARY
Maxim: A subjective principle of action
Kingdom of ends: The union of different rational beings in
a system by common laws.
A Priori Knowledge: That knowledge which is
inate and necessary, needing no reference to things outside.
Analytic Propositions: Statements which prove themselves
Synthetic Propositions: Statements which are proved by
things outside themselves.
KANT'S MORAL MAXIMS
The categorical imperative: Act only on that maxim whereby
thou canst at the same time will that it should become a
universal law.
The imperative of duty: Act as if the maxim of thy
action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature.
The practical imperative: So act as to treat
humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in
every case as an end withal, never as means only.