Immanuel Kant, quoted by Michael J. Sandel in Justice: A Reader

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 on Autonomy

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Immanuel Kant

About Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.