En este artículo se analiza la tesis acerca de la suficiencia del procedimiento de universalización presente en el imperativo categórico de la ley general (Fundamentación de la metafísica de las costumbres) para determinar el contenido de la moralidad, con el fin de sostener que esta tesis se contradice con la concepción final de la ética kantiana en la Metafísica de las costumbres, en la medida en que ella se estructura en base a la prioridad normativa del "fin de la humanidad”, cuya adopción efectiva por parte de los agentes es condición necesaria para la adscripción de moralidad y para la determinación del "contenido” de la "ley moral”. Con este propósito, se analizan críticamente dos de las lecturas más inluyentes que están a la base de tal tesis, a saber, la de John R.Silber en "Procedural Formalism in Kant’s Ethics”, y la de Henry E. Allison en "Morality a...

“Is the Kantian Universalization Demand a Suficient Procedure forthe Establishment of Moral-Ethical Contents? Some Considerations Regardinga Negative Answer to this Question”. In this article we analyze the thesis thatclaims the suficiency of the Kantian universalization procedure expressed inthe categorical imperative of the general law (Groundwork of the Metaphysics ofMorals) to determine the content of morality, with the aim of holding that thisthesis contradicts Kant’s inal conception of Ethics as it is expounded in Metaphysicsof Morals, insofar as it is structured upon the normative priority of the“end of humanity”. The effective adoption of this end –or practical principle– isa necessary condition for the ascription of morality and for the determination ofthe “content” of the “moral law”. In order to achieve this aim, we analyze two ofthe most inluential inter...

“Is the Kantian Universalization Demand a Suficient Procedure forthe Establishment of Moral-Ethical Contents? Some Considerations Regardinga Negative Answer to this Question”. In this article we analyze the thesis thatclaims the suficiency of the Kantian universalization procedure expressed inthe categorical imperative of the general law (Groundwork of the Metaphysics ofMorals) to determine the content of morality, with the aim of holding that thisthesis contradicts Kant’s inal conception of Ethics as it is expounded in Metaphysicsof Morals, insofar as it is structured upon the normative priority of the“end of humanity”. The effective adoption of this end –or practical principle– isa necessary condition for the ascription of morality and for the determination ofthe “content” of the “moral law”. In order to achieve this aim, we analyze two ofthe most inluential inter...