A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative.
My imperative is to seek every moment and to live so God is in control.
It's not imperative that I graduate in four years, and it's not imperative that I get all A's.
If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative.
In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.
I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
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