Kahn, Samuel2020-07-062020-07-062021Kahn, Samuel. (2021). Obligatory Actions, Obligatory Maxims. Forthcoming in Kantian Review, 26 (1).https://hdl.handle.net/1805/23191In this article, I confront Parfit’s Mixed Maxims Objection. I argue that recent attempts to respond to this objection fail, and I argue that their failure is compounded by the failure of recent attempts to show how the Formula of Universal Law can be used to demarcate the category of obligatory maxims. I then set out my own response to the objection, drawing on remarks from Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals for inspiration and developing a novel account of how the Formula of Universal Law can be employed to determine the deontic status of action tokens, action types, and maxims.en-USKant's ethicsKantian ethicsParfitMixed Maxims ObjectionOn What MattersFormula of Universal Lawpositive dutygeneral dutyobligationaction description problemArticle