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Immanuel Kant ( ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Kant was the last influential phi...
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A survey of the history of Western philosophy. ... A hypothetical imperative conditionally demands performance of an action for the sake of some other end or purpose; ... Although he held that there is only one categorical imperative of morality, Kant found it helpful to express it in several ways.
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The most basic aim of moral philosophy, and so also of the Groundwork, is, in Kant's view, to “seek out” the foundational principle of a metaphysics of morals. Kant pursues this project through the first two chapters of the Groundwork. ... 4. Categorical and Hypothetical Imperatives...
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Moral principles, according to Kant, cannot be hypothetical imperatives. They cannot depend for their applicability to us on our having some need or desire ...
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lilt.ilstu.edu/pefranc/kant.htm
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Kant said that we all experience an innate moral duty. The existence of the conscience and feelings of guilt ... The categorical imperative helps us to know which actions are obligatory and which are forbidden. Hypothetical imperatives are conditional: ‘If I want x then I must do y’. These imperatives are not moral.
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hypothetical imperative n. In the ethical system of Immanuel Kant, a moral command that is conditional on personal motive or ... A hypothetical imperative, originally introduced in the philosophical writings of Immanuel Kant, is a commandment of reason that applies only conditionally:
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An imperative is said to be either hypothetical or categorical. Kant writes, "If now the action is good only as a means to something else, then the imperative is hypothetical;
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In this case determination by the law of reason has the nature of a command or imperative, not of a hypothetical imperative, which enjoins actions only as a means to an end and implies a merely conditional necessity but of a categorical ... The merits of Kant's categorical imperative are said to consist in this:
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Kant calls his fundamental moral principle the Categorical Imperative. An imperative is just a command. The notion of a categorical imperative can be understood in contrast to that of a hypothetical imperative. A hypothetical imperative tells you what to do in order to achieve some goal.
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