Kant's Fundamental Principles Of The Metaphysics Of Moral
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The central concept of Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of
Morals is the categorical imperative. “The conception of an objective principle,
in so far as it is obligatory for a will, is called a command (of reason), and
the formula of the command is called an Imperative.” (Abbo ....
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.... the categorical imperative are that all
actions should act only on the maxim, that actions have moral worth, and the end
is necessary. From these stipulations, it can be derived that the categorical
imperative should be followed in order to live morally. “If an action is
conceived as good in itself and consequently as being necessarily the principle
of a will which of itself conforms to reason, then it is categorical.” (Abbott,
32) “There is therefore but one categorical imperative, na ....
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