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Off the top of my head, Kant didn't speak in epistemelogical terms of truth or correct; instead, he was concerned with statements or rules regarding actions to a given situation that can/could universally be considered moral and praiseworthy and accurately guide someone as to what they ought to do. So, the first criteria was that if and only if a rule acted upon is logically universalizable (e.g., 'One ought to lie with regard to condition x' logically cannot be universalized because it destroys any truth value, lie or not, when condition x arises) and that if and only if the rule acted upon treats humans only as ends in themselves and not mere means (e.g., don't use people), then the rule accurately guides what one ought to do and any action resulting from following such is both moral and praiseworthy. Note, there are some tricky caveats - the person who develops and acts on some rule that is moral and gains some satisfaction from doing such is not praiseworthy; these have to be situations where you act against what you really really would prefer. So if 'I ought to punch jaywalkers in the face' and it meets the universal criterion and I love doing the moral act so much I run around town punching people in the face, my action is not praiseworthy, but it might just happen to be moral. Also, any rule you think of that meets both criteria does not imply it's legal. So, unfortunately, you can't legally punch jaywalkers in the face even though it might be moral and, further, if some offer their praise for your action.

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