Collocations withimperative
These are words often used in combination withimperative.
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categorical imperative
For example, the categorical imperative does not admit of degrees of moral goodness or badness, as consequentialist theories do.
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commercial imperative
Nicholson's starting point is the commonly accepted meaning of the word 'fusion' - the commercial imperative that led jazz to get into bed with rock at the end of the 1960s.
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economic imperative
There is an overwhelming economic imperative of growth and wealth creation in this migration to cities.
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ethical imperative
The ethical imperative derived from these principles is that one ought to do what maximizes moral value so construed.
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hypothetical imperative
Utilitarianism is a hypothetical imperative, if one wants, they must do.
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moral imperative
We can take off the hat of the imperious decisionmaker with the moral imperative to preserve life at almost any cost.
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technological imperative
She focuses especially on the "technological imperative and rescue medicine" that may lead to inappropriate action.
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