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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: moral principle
History
From German kategorischer Imperativ.
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