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    categorical imperative

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    n.NounA moral obligation or command that is unconditional and absolute for all agents, regardless of their personal desires or specific circumstances.
    The categorical imperative is a central concept in Kantian ethics.

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    Let's Read Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil CC ASMR First Article

    58:31Let's Read Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil CC ASMR First Article
    • 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.

      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"

      luring us onto the dialectical crooked paths which lead to (or better mislead) to his "categorical imperative"

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    Aristotle & Virtue Theory:Crash Course Philosophy #38

    09:22Aristotle & Virtue Theory:Crash Course Philosophy #38
    • There's no categorical imperative or principle of utility.

      There's no categorical imperative or principle of utility.

    • There’s no categorical imperative or principle of utility.

      There’s no categorical imperative or principle of utility.

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    Would You Save A Boy From Drowning?

    07:16Would You Save A Boy From Drowning?
    • The golden rule is the so-called categorical imperative.

      The golden rule is the so-called categorical imperative.

    • The golden rule is the so-called categorical imperative.

      The golden rule is the so-called categorical imperative.

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    Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 06: "MIND YOUR MOTIVE"

    55:14Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 06: "MIND YOUR MOTIVE"
    • That's the difference between a categorical imperative and a hypothetical one.

      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.

      A categorical imperative commands categorically, which just means without reference to or dependence on any further purpose.

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    Michael Sandel:Justice What's The Right Thing To Do Episode 07 A LESSON IN LYING

    55:05Michael Sandel:Justice  What's The Right Thing To Do  Episode 07   A LESSON IN LYING
    • and for all of us to wind up willing the same moral law, the categorical imperative.

      and for all of us to wind up willing the same moral law, the categorical imperative.

    • the categorical imperative.

      the categorical imperative.

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    3 rules of happiness from 2500 years of philosophy | Jonny Thomson

    10:593 rules of happiness from 2500 years of philosophy | Jonny Thomson
    • But it's also seen in modern times in Kant's First Categorical Imperative and in Aquinas' Natural Law.

      But it's also seen in modern times in Kant's First Categorical Imperative and in Aquinas' Natural Law.

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    Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 08: "WHATS A FAIR START?"

    55:05Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 08: "WHATS A FAIR START?"
    • the categorical imperative.

      the categorical imperative.

    • How is a categorical imperative possible?

      How is a categorical imperative possible?

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