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KANT, IMMANUEL
1724–1804
The Categorical Imperative (The Provisional Collective's Vow)
Kant: act only on that maxim which you can will to be a universal law. CoCA generalizes: institute only that liturgy which you can will to be a universal liturgy. Anti-Anti-Ness (§1.2.5) is the maxim universalized; Authorlessness is the maxim universalized; the Vow of Calm is the maxim universalized. The test is institutional, not personal. The Church is the test laboratory, lit appropriately.