CC453: The egoist and the deontologist

Author: fpd

Date: June 18, 2010

by fpd
6-18-10
We won! We won this contest, all thanks to me! I was the greatest one-note character ever! ME!
This contest isn't over, Dee, and it is against the law to lie.
Huh? What law?
The categorical imperative. We should never do what we cannot universally legislate everyone should do, and we cannot universally legislate lying.
I universally legislate that everyone love me! And worship me! And do my bidding!
That's not how it works. The categorical imperative binds us all to the same law, universally legislatable by anyone. One law for all.