What is the categorical imperative of Kant?
Criticize and offer a counterproposal. According to Kant, goodness is to obey an unconditional command of internal practical reason. This is what is called .. categorical imperative.” It is not goodness to obey an internal conditional command, that is, hypothetical imperative, for the attainment of pleasure as Bentham claims. A conditional motive for a certain purpose can not be a motive of goodness. Will can be will of goodness only by an unconditional command of practical reason, that is, oughtness. And only when it is put into practice does it become true goodness. This is Kant’s assertion. However, since Kant’s viewpoint of goodness excludes pure reason (theoretical reason) in conduct, it is impossible to know or judge whether or not the result of conduct is good. There is no way of finding a solution if the conduct of different people conflict with one another, or two categorical imperatives conflict with each other in some individual. Moreover, since the categorical imperative of
