定てい言げん命めい法ほう

noun

categorical imperative

In Kantian philosophy, the unconditional moral principle that one should act only according to that maxim which one can at the same time will to become a universal law.

• カントの定てい言げん命めい法ほうは、道どう徳とくの普ふ遍へん的てきな基き準じゅんを示しめしている。

  Kant's categorical imperative presents a universal standard for morality.