Talk:categorical imperative

Categorical and hypothetical

It should be noted that Kant's concept of "categorical imperative" contrasts to "hypothetical imperative", the latter missing an "in order to" or "so that" clause; so "drink so that you do not die of dehydration!" is a hypothetical imperative while "drink!" is a categorical imperative; so my understanding anyway. I am unsure how to work this into the current definition, which reads more like a description than a definition to me. That said, a categorical imperative in the presented sense is to be distinguished from the categorical imperative--a particular imperative, and from a categorical imperative in the sense "one of the formulations of the categorical imperative." --Dan Polansky 14:12, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree with this distinction. 70.175.192.217 23:35, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Kantian moral law

according to the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant, an unconditional moral law applying to all rational beings and independent of all personal desires and motives
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--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:56, 18 May 2020 (UTC)