categorical imperative

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   the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty

   Broadermoral principle

Questions about categorical imperative

What does categorical imperative mean?

categorical imperative means "the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty".

Is categorical imperative a common word?

categorical imperative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.