CATEGORICAL AND HYPOTHETICAL IMPERATIVE

The differences between Categorical and Hypothetical Imperative

The differences between Categorical and Hypothetical Imperative

One final thought remains in Kant's ethical system. Having presented his view on how and why something may be considered moral, the issue of examination caps the end of his view in this section.

If now the action is good only as a means to something else, then the imperative is hypothetical; if it is conceived as good in itself and consequently as being necessarily the principle of a will which of itself conforms to reason, then it is categorical. In order for an act to ...