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universalizability

Etymology
From universalise + -ability

Noun
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#context|mainly|philosophy The quality (as of a rule) of being able to be applied universally; that is, to any given situation with no exceptions.
#*1964, w:Timothy_Sprigge|Timothy L. S. Sprigge, "Definition of a Moral Judgment," Philosophy, vol. 39, no. 150, p. 306,
#*:Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.

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