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categorical imperatives

categorical imperatives is the plural of categorical imperative.

Meaning of categorical imperative

Noun

categorical imperative (plural categorical imperatives)

  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.

Questions about categorical imperatives

What is categorical imperatives the plural of?
Categorical imperatives is the plural of categorical imperative.

Words near categorical imperatives in the dictionary

  1. categoric
  2. categorical
  3. categorical dual
  4. categorical duals
  5. categorical imperative
  6. categorical imperatives
  7. categorical product
  8. categorical products
  9. categorical proposition
  10. categorical propositions
  11. categorical variable

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