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universalisability

noun

universalisability

noun

Etymology c. 1950 universalisable + -ity

1

Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The quality (as of a rule) of being able to be applied universally; that is, to any given situation with no exceptions.

  • Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.1964, Timothy L. S. Sprigge, “Definition of a Moral Judgment”, in Philosophy, volume 39, number 150, page 306:

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