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categorical imperative

noun as in moral law

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There has never been so concise and definitive a debunking of Kant's categorical imperative.

That year it published a report, the first of its kind, titled MTA Adaptations to Climate Change: A Categorical Imperative.

The categorical imperative was supposed to determine our moral sense and the distinction between good and evil.

This has been largely sustained by Kant's teaching, but his categorical imperative has been completely refuted by modern science.

But nevertheless freedom of will is a necessary conviction of every one who feels it in the categorical imperative: Thou shalt!

No categorical imperative, no ethical code, can serve as a basis for the real practical right.

The cupola of his great cathedral of faith was crowned by Kant with his curious idol, the famous “categorical imperative.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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