Synderesis their opposites as evils to be avoided. Synderesis is the capacity not only to apprehend the first principles, but also to judge every step of the practical discourse in the light of those principles. But, as an intellectual disposition concerned with knowledge of the first principles of action, synderesis provides only the universal premise of the practical syllogism. Every human "action", however, is singular, contingent and takes place in particular circumstances. To complete the practical discourse and reach a conclusion regarding what has to be done "hic et nunc" [here and now] and what means are to be used, other
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus Fiat justitia, et pereat mundus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Let justice be done, though the world perish". This sentence was the motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, probably originating from Johannes Jacobus Manlius's book "Loci Communes" (1563). It characterizes an attitude, which wants to provide justice at any price. Its first documented use in English literature was about half a century later. A famous use is by Immanuel Kant, in his 1795 "" ("Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf"), to summarize the counter-utilitarian nature of his moral philosophy, in the form "Fiat justitia,