absolute order; peremptory command; must-obey instruction
General term for an order that must be obeyed without question; often used in military, organizational, or dramatic contexts.
Since an absolute order came from the boss, I carried it out immediately.
He said 'Come at once' as if it were a peremptory command.
Kantian philosophical term; used in ethics to refer to an unconditional moral obligation.
Kant's categorical imperative is one of the central concepts of moral philosophy.