Friday, September 29, 2023

Philosophical solution

According to his early biographers, at a certain point in his life
Kant had a ‘maxim’ not to smoke more than a single pipe a day,
tempted though he was.
He adhered to this maxim rigorously.
After a while, however, he bought a bigger pipe.

Jens Timmermann, Kant’s Puzzling Ethics of Maxims
The Harvard Review of Philosophy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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