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The spectacle of old Kant's tartuffery, as stiff as it is respectable, luring us onto the dialectical crooked paths which lead to, or better, mislead, to his categorical imperative.
luring us onto the dialectical crooked paths which lead to (or better mislead) to his "categorical imperative"
There's no categorical imperative or principle of utility.
There’s no categorical imperative or principle of utility.
The golden rule is the so-called categorical imperative.
The golden rule is the so-called categorical imperative.
That's the difference between a categorical imperative and a hypothetical one.
A categorical imperative commands categorically, which just means without reference to or dependence on any further purpose.
and for all of us to wind up willing the same moral law, the categorical imperative.
the categorical imperative.
But it's also seen in modern times in Kant's First Categorical Imperative and in Aquinas' Natural Law.
the categorical imperative.
How is a categorical imperative possible?