Morality is thus the relation of actions to the autonomy of the will, that is, to a possible giving of universal law through its maxims. (Immanuel Kant)

Morality is thus the relation of actions to the autonomy of the will, that is, to a possible giving of universal law through its maxims.

Immanuel Kant

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