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The Categorical Imperative is Kant’s principle that one should act only on maxims that one could will to become universal law.

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Is it true that the Categorical Imperative is Kant’s principle that one should act only on maxims that one could will to become universal law?

Yes. Multiple philosophical reference works and academic texts confirm that Kant's Categorical Imperative is formulated as the principle to act only on maxims that one can simultaneously will to become universal law.

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Wikipedia: Categorical imperative
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Wikipedia: Categorical imperative. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative

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PLOS (all journals): The Importance of Moral Construal: Moral versus Non-Moral Construal Elicits Faster, More Extreme, Universal Evaluations of the Same Actions
Explicitly quotes Kant's formulation about acting only according to a maxim one can will to become a universal law.
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PLOS (all journals): The Importance of Moral Construal: Moral versus Non-Moral Construal Elicits Faster, More Extreme, Universal Evaluations of the Same Actions. (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048693

Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ: Utilitarianism in Crisis
Notes that Kantian ethics mandates adherence to governing categorical imperatives.
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Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ: Utilitarianism in Crisis. (n.d.). Directory of Open Access Journals. https://doi.org/10.7916/vib.v6i.6082

GovInfo: FR 2020 09 14
Quotes Kant's categorical imperative definition regarding acting on maxims one wishes to become a universal law.
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GovInfo: FR 2020 09 14. (n.d.). GovInfo. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-09-14

OpenStax: OpenStax Business Ethics: 2.5 Deontology: Ethics as Duty
Defines Kant's categorical imperative using the exact formulation stated in the claim.
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OpenStax: OpenStax Business Ethics: 2.5 Deontology: Ethics as Duty. (n.d.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/business-ethics/pages/11d573a5-7790-409e-9a78-0b00ae9fd49b@

Semantic Scholar peS2o: A Defense and Development of the Volitional Self-Contradiction Interpretation
Discusses Kant's Formula of Universal Law requiring action on maxims that can be willed to become universal laws.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: A Defense and Development of the Volitional Self-Contradiction Interpretation. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11406-023-00641-0.pdf

Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Introduction to Philosophy/Deontology
Quotes the first formulation of the categorical imperative regarding maxims and universal laws.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Introduction to Philosophy/Deontology. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Philosophy/Deontology

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