单词categorical imperative
na.: 【伦】无上命令
网络: 绝对命令；定言令式；定然律令
【伦理学】无上命令
To be free, in the sense of autonomous, requires that I act not out of a hypothetical imperative but out of a categorical imperative.
为了获得自由，在自主的范畴内需要我的行为，不是出于“假言命令”，而是出于“定言命令”。
And I maintain that the kind of formal moral obligation described in Kant"s categorical imperative does not actually exist.
我主张在康德描述的绝对命令的形式道德义务事实上是不存在的。
Kant gives three versions, three formulations, of the categorical imperative. I want to mention two and then see what you think of them.
康德列举了“定言命令”的三个版本，三种陈述，我想讲讲其中的两种，然后听听大家的看法。
For Kant the Christian could have faith in God, and this faith would be consonant with reason and the categorical imperative.
在康德看来基督徒可以有上帝信仰，并且这个信仰将和理性和绝对命令相一致。
In essence, this categorical imperative is an expression of the oft-heard moral remonstration: "what if everybody did that?
本质上讲，这个定言命令就是我们所熟知的一种道德规劝的表现：“如果人人都那样做结果会怎样？”
After Anarchy, "liberty" was a concept as worthy of academic dignity as the categorical imperative.
在《无》书之后，“自由”成为了一个拥有绝对学术尊严的概念。
People question the ethics of cloning, according to Kant"s categorical imperative that can be translated into: Should human cloning.
克隆人的伦理问题，按康德的绝对命令的说法，可以转化为：是否应该克隆人。
and Kant held that his categorical imperative is the highest law of duty, no matter what the consequences.
康德认为，他斩钉截铁势在必行，这是最高法的职责，不管遇到什么样的后果。
Well, this leaves us one big question: what is the categorical imperative?
那么，这给我们留下一个大问题：什么是“定言命令”？
Is that consistent with the categorical imperative, that false promise?
这虚假的承诺与定言命令一致吗？