Categorical imperative
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Categorical imperative
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The categorical imperative is the central philosophical concept in the deontological moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Introduced in Kant's 1785 Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, it is a way of evaluating motivations for action. It is best known in its original formulation: "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law." According to Kant, rational beings occupy a special place in creation, and morality can be summed up in a
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Central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative
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2003-04-23T02:59:00Z
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2024-09-05T23:54:07Z
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