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categorical imperative

central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
Intangible Philosophical Concept Q209681

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
philosophical concept
Facet of
ethics[4]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[5][6]
Discoverer or inventor
Immanuel Kant[2]
Opposite of
hypothetical imperative[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en the categorical imperative en categorical imperative cs kategorický imperativ cs Kantův kategorický imperativ da kategoriske imperativ da det kategoriske imperativ da kategorisk imperativ de Prinzipienethik de kategorischer Imperativ es imperativo Categorico es imperativo categórico es imperativo kantiano fa امر مطلق fi Kantilainen velvollisuusetiikka fi kategorinen imperatiivi fr imperatif categorique fr impératif catégorique fr impératif catégorique et impératif hypothétique fr impératif hypothétique fr impératif kantien
🔖 Identifiers · 24
GND ID
4208204-3
OpenAlex ID
C2776907558
BBC Things ID
757608c6-9322-4847-b609-15001cd43fee
BNCF Thesaurus ID
18346
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119489541
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
03432a
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
filosofie/categorische-imperatief
Dewey Decimal Classification
170
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
z1xhk, 2hCvwM
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
198434, 198433
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/categorical-imperative
Freebase ID
/m/01fg8y
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
det_kategoriske_imperativ, kategorisk_imperativ
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2052483
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kategoricheskii-imperativ-02f392
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
categorical-imperatives
Lex ID
det_kategoriske_imperativ
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776907558
NE.se ID
kategoriskt-imperativ
NL CR AUT ID
ph135776
Quora topic ID
Categorical-Imperative
SVKKL authority ID
0225796-kategoricky-imperativ
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
kant-moral
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
zaruri

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Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Discoverer or inventor 1
Immanuel Kant
Facet of 1
ethics
Opposite of 1
hypothetical imperative
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Morfa Bychan
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hypothetical imperative
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Summary

categorical imperative is a philosophical concept[1].

Related Entities

ethics Immanuel Kant

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → z1xhk, 2hCvwM
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → det_kategoriske_imperativ, kategorisk_imperativ
    Facet of → ethics
    Discoverer or inventor → Immanuel Kant
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 2052483
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0225796-kategoricky-imperativ, batch #259494"
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