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The categorical imperative is called an imperative because
{ 1 } - it is not expressed by an ought.
{ 2 } - it is the foundation of an empire, or kingdom of ends.
{ 3 } - the will is necessarily determined by it.
{ 4 } - its formula is that of an objective principle that obliges the will.
{ 5 } - our wills are necessarily good.
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The categorical imperative is called an imperative because
{ 1 } - it is not expressed by an ought.
{ 2 } - it is the foundation of an empire, or kingdom of ends.
{ 3 } - the will is necessarily determined by it.
{ 4 } - its formula is that of an objective principle that obliges the will.
{ 5 } - our wills are necessarily good.
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The categorical imperative is called an imperative because
{ 1 } - it is not expressed by an ought.
{ 2 } - it is the foundation of an empire, or kingdom of ends.
{ 3 } - the will is necessarily determined by it.
{ 4 } - its formula is that of an objective principle that obliges the will.
{ 5 } - our wills are necessarily good.
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The categorical imperative is called an imperative because
{ 1 } - it is not expressed by an ought.
{ 2 } - it is the foundation of an empire, or kingdom of ends.
{ 3 } - the will is necessarily determined by it.
{ 4 } - its formula is that of an objective principle that obliges the will.
{ 5 } - our wills are necessarily good.
No, the command does not make the will be good; the will determines itself for Kant.
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The categorical imperative is called an imperative because
{ 1 } - it is not expressed by an ought.
{ 2 } - it is the foundation of an empire, or kingdom of ends.
{ 3 } - the will is necessarily determined by it.
{ 4 } - its formula is that of an objective principle that obliges the will.
{ 5 } - our wills are necessarily good.
See p. 321.
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The categorical imperative is called an imperative because
{ 1 } - it is not expressed by an ought.
{ 2 } - it is the foundation of an empire, or kingdom of ends.
{ 3 } - the will is necessarily determined by it.
{ 4 } - its formula is that of an objective principle that obliges the will.
{ 5 } - our wills are necessarily good.
If that were true, they would be holy like God's, and there would be no imperative for them.
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