The trivializability of universalizability

Philosophical Review 77 (1):25-44 (1968)
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R m hare's discussion, In "freedom and reason," fails to distinguish several senses of universalizability. The universalizability in question is not, As hare thinks, That which applies to any judgement with 'descriptive meaning,' and although moral judgements may presuppose principles, These principles need not be universal, Nor 'u-Type,' nor such that they apply to everyone, Nor such that they could be applied to anyone, Nor such that they do except individuals qua individuals--All of which are different. The most that hare shows is that if we make exceptions we must have reasons for making them, Which places no restriction on what these reasons may be

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