Kant’s Categorical Imperative

Hoon Lee
3 min readFeb 24, 2022
Kant

If you’ve ever spent time reading Immanuel Kant, you will know that he likes his philosophical terminology. In fact, what he is probably best known for is definitely an example of those beloved terms. Of course, I am talking about the categorical imperative.

So, what exactly is the categorical imperative. Naturally, Kant is addressing a type of imperative, or a command. The categorical imperative is a directive…

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Hoon Lee

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