Synonyms for categorical imperative

Grammar : Noun

Définition of categorical imperative

noun moral law

Example sentences :

Here steps in the "categorical imperative" with a vengeance.
Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various

A vocation was a "categorical imperative" to the soul, and there was no mistaking its presence.
Extract from : « Passing By » by Maurice Baring

Kant gave us a guiding rule with his categorical imperative.
Extract from : « Friedrich Nietzsche » by Georg Brandes

Kant, categorical imperative, 86.Good-will only real good, 85-86.
Extract from : « The Five Great Philosophies of Life » by William de Witt Hyde

The ‘categorical imperative,’ as propounded by him, is a form of self-deception.
Extract from : « Rationalism » by John Mackinnon Robertson

That was the Categorical Imperative, and Cecilia believed in it.
Extract from : « Cecilia » by F. Marion Crawford

This is what Kant really means by the categorical imperative.
Extract from : « Edward Caldwell Moore » by Edward Moore

And the philosopher of the ‘categorical imperative’ miscarries as instructively as does the soldier of divine will.
Extract from : « Rationalism » by John Mackinnon Robertson

A Categorical Imperative cannot issue commands with an eye to profit or comfort.
Extract from : « Morals and the Evolution of Man » by Max Simon Nordau

The categorical imperative was supposed to determine our moral sense and the distinction between good and evil.
Extract from : « The Wonders of Life » by Ernst Haeckel

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