![]() ![]() ![]() Hypothetical imperatives apply to someone who wishes to attain certain ends. He defines an imperative as any proposition declaring a certain action (or inaction) to be necessary. ![]() 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." Īccording to Kant, sentient beings occupy a special place in creation, and morality can be summed up in an imperative, or ultimate commandment of reason, from which all duties and obligations derive. Introduced in Kant's 1785 Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, it is a way of evaluating motivations for action. The categorical imperative ( German: kategorischer Imperativ) is the central philosophical concept in the deontological moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. ![]()
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