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    Christine Korsgaard argues that practical contradictions—... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The universal law formula is not derived from the principle of non-contradiction.

    Christine Korsgaard argues that practical contradictions—where a maxim defeats itself when universalized—are a species of contradiction Kant explicitly invokes.

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    • 1.Kant's Formula of Universal Law requires maxims to be universalizable without logical contradiction, which Korsgaard identifies as practical contradiction.
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    • 2.Korsgaard's distinction between logical and practical contradiction maps onto Kant's own texts, where he criticizes maxims that cannot coherently exist as universal laws.
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    • 3.This interpretation resolves apparent tensions in Kant's ethics by showing how self-defeating maxims violate the categorical imperative's core rational requirement.
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    • 1.Kant himself uses 'contradiction in conception' and 'contradiction in willing' language, which may not directly correspond to Korsgaard's modern 'practical contradiction' framework.
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    • 2.The notion of practical contradiction is philosophically contested; critics argue Korsgaard's concept stretches beyond what Kant explicitly endorsed or rigorously defined.
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    • 3.Attributing this specific logical analysis to Kant risks reading contemporary philosophy back into historical texts, conflating Korsgaard's innovation with Kantian doctrine.
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