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That there is a basic maxim doesn't mean there isn't a) an explanation of why that maxim is of overriding importance and b)an explanation of how that maxim leads to particular actions.
Quite. In order to have a good deontological basis of ethics, both (a) and (b) are necessary; and I would expect to find both. These build on and enhance the maxim on which they are based; indeed, these would seem, to me, to be the two things that change a simple maxim into a full deontological basis for ethics.