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Once it is clear that the maxim passes both prongs of the test, there are no exceptionsAs a paramedic faced with a distraught widow who asks whether her late husband suffered in his accidental death, you must decide which maxim to create and based on the test which action to perform The maxim "when answering a widow's inquiry as to the nature and duration of her late husbands death, one should always tell the truth regarding the nature of her late husband's death" (M1) passes both parts of the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical ImperativeConsequently, according to Kant, M1 is a moral action. The initial stage of the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative requires that a maxim be universally applicable to all rational beingsM1 succeeds in passing the first stageWe can easily imagine a world in which paramedics always answer widows truthfully when queried