絶ぜっ対たい命めい令れい

noun

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.

• 上じょう司しから絶ぜっ対たい命めい令れいが出でたので、すぐに実じっ行こうした。

  Since an absolute order came from the boss, I carried it out immediately.

• 彼かれは絶ぜっ対たい命めい令れいのように「すぐに来こい」と言いった。

  He said 'Come at once' as if it were a peremptory command.

noun

categorical imperative

Kantian philosophical term; used in ethics to refer to an unconditional moral obligation.

• カントの絶ぜっ対たい命めい令れいは、道どう徳とく哲てつ学がくの中ちゅう心しん概がい念ねんの一ひとつだ。

  Kant's categorical imperative is one of the central concepts of moral philosophy.