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Understand The Difference Between Categorical Imperative And Hypothetical

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In order to under the ethics of Kant, it is important to understand the difference between hypothetical and categorical imperatives. A hypothetical imperative is an action that has no moral basis or obligation and is based (as shown in its name) on a hypothesis. These actions are set up with a cause-effect, action-consequence model by using the hypothetical form of “if this is done, then this will happen”. Due to this a person only decides to do anything with a certain end goal in mind. For example, I don’t do sprints just to do sprints. I do sprints because it keeps me fit and in shape for soccer. If I didn’t play soccer, I probably wouldn’t sprint at all. There’s no moral reason to sprint nor is it morally wrong not to sprint. On the
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