Kant’s categorical imperative simply says that you should behave as you would wish everyone to behave. Not quite the Golden Rule, but close. Most of us are intuitive Kantians.

In "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals," Immanuel Kant develops a system of morality based on his "categorical imperative," which delineates a core basis from which society may derive a ...

Here’s one of the great ethical concepts of Western Civilization: the categorical imperative.I admit I was forced to read Immanuel Kant’s book “The Critique of Practical Wisdom” while ...

Kant's Categorical Imperative. In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Kant's best known ideas: 'Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, ... Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) ...

In his Metaphysics, Immanuel Kant introduced the categorical imperative. Public domain. Circa 1790.

In “Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals” (1785), he proposed what he called the Categorical Imperative. Kant gave the imperative three formulations, two of which are relevant here.

Few moral precepts parallel Immanuel Kant’s concept of the Categorical Imperative (CI), in terms of their influence on the modern notion of the person as an autonomous individual; worthy of ...

Immanuel Kant, The Categorical Imperative. Kant is saying that people should always be treated as valuable - as an end in themselves - and should not just be used in order to achieve something else.

We live in times of ethical turmoil, divisions between those who believe only their truths are true and others who believe there are no universal truths at all. When these two points of view clash … ...