Kant's Conception Of Categorical Imperative

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When reading chapter eleven we come to understand the term “Categorical Imperative” a direct command that is ubiquitous binding on all rational creatures, humans alike the ultimate foundation of moral law. To act as if the maxim of thy universal law of nature. All moral duties must be universally -but not conditionally binding. The difference between actually telling the truth because we see it as our duty too and telling it might be and could actually give something positive in return by doing so. Kant believed that acting from duty was always a base of the principles pertaining to conceptions of our laws in general. Another way looking at Kant’s ethics it means a genuine moral obligation that is binding in all circumstances and is

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