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The Categorical Imperative Analyzing Immanuel Kant’s Grounding for A Metaphysics of Morals

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  • Bordum, Anders

    (Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School)

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In this article I first argue that Immanuel Kant’s conception of the categorical imperative is important to his philosophy. I systematically, though indirectly, interconnect the cognitive and moral aspects of his thinking. Second, I present an interpretation of the Kantian ethics, taking as my point of departure, the concept of the categorical imperative. Finally, I show how the categorical imperative is given a dialogical interpretation by Jürgen Habermas in his approach, usually referred to as discourse ethics. I argue that the dialogical approach taken by discourse ethics is more justifiable and therefore more useful i .

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  • Bordum, Anders, 2002. "The Categorical Imperative Analyzing Immanuel Kant’s Grounding for A Metaphysics of Morals," Working Papers 4/2002, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Politics & Philosophy.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhb:cbslpf:2002_004
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