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Categorical imperative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The categorical imperative is the central philosophical concept in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant, as well as modern deontological ethics. Introduced in Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics...
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Immanuel Kant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The discussion of Kant's practical philosophy has been marred by viewing it as purely formalist and centred only on the categorical imperative.
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A reader whose familiarity with Kant’s practical philosophy was limited to the Groundwork could be forgiven for expecting Kant to adopt a parallel strategy, seeking to apply the categorical imperative to questions of political legitimacy, ... Interference with another person's freedom creates a form of dependence;
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Abstract: Kant's notion of the good will and the categorical imperative are very briefly sketched here. ... III. Practical Imperative: "Act to treat humanity, whether yourself or another, as an end-in-itself and never as a means."
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What does it mean to act out of duty? Kant says this means that we should act from respect for the moral law. ... The phrase "practical imperative" is Jacques Thiroux's. Kant himself says this is just another way of stating his Categorical Imperative.
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categorical imperative: a command which expresses a general, ... practical: one of Kant's three main standpoints, relating primarily to action -i.e., to what we desire to do as opposed to what we know or feel. Practical reason is a synonym for will; and these two terms are concerned with questions of morality.
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