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Sun 10 Apr, 2016 02:06 pm
Gewirth says that collective universality is "all of us together" and distributive is "each of us separately". Kant says that distributive universality is "to do to others anything that does not in itself diminish what is theirs". What I would like to know is how Gewirth's distributive universality can reconcile with Kant's? I would have thought that collective universality is equal to impartiality but Kant's distributive universality appears to be impartial. I feel like I'm missing some fundamental understanding so if anyone could offer me some guidance I would be very grateful.
On the issue of collective universality versus distributive universality, Gewirth defines collective universality as what we all together understand as common morality because understanding this interaction is crucial to having a comprehensive view of moral philosophy.