Catholic Word of the Day: CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE, 08-29-09

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CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE

An absolute and unqualified command or prohibition of a law or of one's conscience in interpreting the law. Popularly associated with the Kantian theory of ethics, which centers on the principle "Act as if the maximum from which you act were to become through your will a universal law." It implies that, in the last analysis, each person's own will is the final legislator of what is morally right or wrong.

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**It implies that, in the last analysis, each person's own will is the final legislator of what is morally right or wrong.**

To me, this is heresy. God's will is the final word.

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A definition I found.

Kantian ethics is another theory of "how one should act" however it differs from the utilitarian theory in a sense that it focuses more on the actual action and the morality of that action as opposed to the consequence of that action. This theory implies that as long as you act in a moral way then the consequences of your actions don't matter. Immoral actions include lying and using people as means to an end.

In my opinion, every action does have consequences, and we will have to answer to God for the people we led astray through our wrongful actions.

Anyone else?

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Catholic Word of the Day – not linked – but you can do a search to find them.

 

Salvific Will	Holy Spirit	Transplantation of Organs
Spiritual Espousals	Addiction	Coenobium
Irascible Appetite	Development of Doctrine	Equiprobabilism
Advocate	Latency Period	Seven Sacraments
Rosary	Epiklesis/Epiclesis	Consubstantiation
Restitution	Tabgha	Our Lady of Divine Love
Excommunication	The Holy Pillar	Imperfect Contrition
White Russian Byzantines	Lust	Pursuivants
Cleopas	Imputation	Solemn Profession
Intrinsic Goodness	Charisma	Luminous Rays
Sampietrine	Lyre	John Mark
Alphabetic Psalms	Sorrow	Categorical Imperative

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[D-fendr]

I remember studying Kant and when we came to this imperative I thought:

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

[oblomov]

The Golden Rule is similar, but the Categorical Imperative could be stated as,

“Do unto others as you would have others do unto everyone.”

[B-Chan]

Immanuel Kant: Wrong For America

Kierkegaard in '08

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Thanks for your links and comments.

[Straight Vermonter]

Salvific Will	Holy Spirit	Transplantation of Organs
Spiritual Espousals	Addiction	Coenobium
Irascible Appetite	Development of Doctrine	Equiprobabilism
Advocate	Latency Period	Seven Sacraments
Rosary	Epiklesis/Epiclesis	Consubstantiation
Restitution	Tabgha	Our Lady of Divine Love
Excommunication	The Holy Pillar	Imperfect Contrition
White Russian Byzantines	Lust	Pursuivants
La Salette	Liturgy	Andacollo
Kings, Book of	Physiologus	Old Catholics
Baltimore Catechism	Armagh, Book of	Nature
Eulogia	Orders, Sacrament of	Missionary
Dominus Vocbiscum	Ichthus-Fish	Abbacy of St.Jerome
Invalid	Doctrinal Demythology	Metaphysics
Ecclesia Docens	Apostolic Signatura	Octaves
Religion as feeling	Temperament	Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Congregation for Catholic Education	Sponsor	Mystery Play
Paschal Candle	Imitation of Christ	Voluntarism
Matter, Sacramental	Notion	Chancel
Gabbatha	Gregorian Masses	Ordo
Resolution of Amendment	Supreme Evil	Archives, Vatican
Pride	Solovyevism	Natural Law
Revealed Law	Presbyter	First Saturdays
Alma Redemptoris Mater	Divorce	Jubilee
Procession	Teilhardism	Hysteron Proteron
Bodily Immortality	Vicar Forane	Intercommunion, Eucharistic
Proclamation	Consecration to the Sacred Heart	Nominalism
Rules of Conscience	St. John Lateran	Hermeneutics
Doctrinal Universalism	Good Friday	Our Father
Soul of the Church	Latin Cross	Book of Sentences
Liber Pontificalis	Paraclete	People of God
Bodily Resurrection	Cardinal Electors	Subsidiarity
Striking the Breast	Transfinalization	Ordinary
Titular Sees	Wake	Knowledge
Polygenism	Sede Vacante	Peace Plate or Tablet
Heroic Act	Abbey Nullius	Vulgate
Founder	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Vow
Impassibility	Vitandus	Dedication of the Months
Solemn Vows	Species	Dark Night of the Soul
Social Sin	Dialectical Materialism	Pharisaical Scandal
Inquisition	Precedence	Holy Chrism
Quietism	Natural Family Planning (practice)	Primitive Religion
Cleopas	Inputation	Solemn Profession
Intrinsic Goodness	Charisma	Luminous Rays
Sampietrini	Lyre	John Mark
Alphabetic Psalms	Sorrow	Categorical Imperative

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