As far as I can tell, your entire argument consists of playing reference-class tennis with the categorical imperative. I’m not inclined to join you.
[To be less obscure: you have made arbitrary (and unnecessarily broad) choices of what constitutes the “idea” or “example” being “promoted” or “encouraged”, without providing any supporting reasons for your choice, vs. other possible choices of what to abstract from the specific example. That’s reference-class tennis. You’re also assuming that the categorical imperative is the reference standard for ethics, vs. say, strict consequentialism or some sort of deontic ethics.]
As far as I can tell, your entire argument consists of playing reference-class tennis with the categorical imperative. I’m not inclined to join you.
[To be less obscure: you have made arbitrary (and unnecessarily broad) choices of what constitutes the “idea” or “example” being “promoted” or “encouraged”, without providing any supporting reasons for your choice, vs. other possible choices of what to abstract from the specific example. That’s reference-class tennis. You’re also assuming that the categorical imperative is the reference standard for ethics, vs. say, strict consequentialism or some sort of deontic ethics.]