CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE


Meaning of CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE in English

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Kant held that there was only one formally categorical imperative, from which all specific moral imperatives could be derived. In one famous formulation, it is: "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." See also {{link=deontological ethics">deontological ethics .

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