Kant's categorical imperative generates universalizable maxims that forbid lying and theft.

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Is it true that Kant's categorical imperative generates universalizable maxims that forbid lying and theft?

Yes. Kant's categorical imperative is famously known in ethics for generating universalizable maxims that strictly forbid lying and theft.

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Wikipedia: Immanuel Kant

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Wikipedia: Immanuel Kant. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Religion and Morality in Western Philosophy

Notes that moral judgment is universalizable under Kant's categorical imperative.

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Religion and Morality in Western Philosophy. (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-morality/

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Integrity

Discusses universalizable categorical norms and lying in relation to action principles.

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Integrity. (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/integrity/

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