universalisability en · NOUN
Etymology
c. 1950 universalisable + -ity
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality (as of a rule) of being able to be applied universally; that is, to any given situation with no exceptions.
Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.
1964, Timothy L. S. Sprigge, “Definition of a Moral Judgment”, in Philosophy, volume 39, number 150, page 306:
Forms
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| universalizability | alternative | lexicographic |