CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
   KANT'S dictum that ethically a person should act in such a way that their actions could be universalized.

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  • Categorical Imperative — • A term which originated in Immanuel Kant s ethics Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Categorical Imperative     Categorical Imperative      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • categorical imperative — index conscience, instruction (direction) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • categorical imperative — n. the Kantian doctrine that one s behavior should be governed by principles which one would have govern the behavior of all people …   English World dictionary

  • Categorical imperative — Part of a series on Immanue …   Wikipedia

  • categorical imperative — 1. Ethics. the rule of Immanuel Kant that one must do only what one can will that all others should do under similar circumstances. 2. the unconditional command of conscience. [1820 30] * * * In Immanuel Kant s moral philosophy, an imperative… …   Universalium

  • categorical imperative — categorical/hypothetical imperative …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Categorical Imperative —    The ethical imperative expounded by Immanuel kant as a necessary postulate of practical reason …   Who’s Who in Christianity

  • categorical imperative — see imperative …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • categorical imperative — noun Date: 1827 a moral obligation or command that is unconditionally and universally binding …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • categorical imperative — noun A fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right, developed by (1724 1804). See Also: golden rule …   Wiktionary

  • CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE —    Kant s name for the self derived moral law, universal and binding on every rational will, a commandment of the autonomous, one and universal reason …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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