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Categorical imperative

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right, based on the concept that an action is good or bad in and of itself regardless of what the actor's aims or preferences are.
  2. 2
    the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty wordnet

Etymology

From German kategorischer Imperativ.

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