Imperative may refer to:
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Imperative mood
The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that forms a command or request.
The imperative mood is used to demand or require that an action be performed. It is usually found only in the present tense, second person. To form the imperative mood, ...
, a grammatical mood (or mode) expressing commands, direct requests, and prohibitions
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Imperative programming
In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm of software that uses statements that change a program's state. In much the same way that the imperative mood in natural languages expresses commands, an imperative program c ...
, a programming paradigm in computer science
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Imperative logic
Imperative logic is the field of logic concerned with imperatives. In contrast to declaratives, it is not clear whether imperatives denote propositions or more generally what role truth and falsity play in their semantics. Thus, there is almost n ...
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''Imperative'' (film), a 1982 German drama film
In philosophy
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Moral imperative
A moral imperative is a strongly-felt principle that compels that person to act. It is a kind of categorical imperative, as defined by Immanuel Kant. Kant took the imperative to be a dictate of pure reason, in its practical aspect. Not following ...
, a philosophical concept relating to obligation
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Categorical imperative
The categorical imperative (german: kategorischer Imperativ) is the central philosophical concept in the deontological moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Introduced in Kant's 1785 ''Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals'', it is a way of evalu ...
, central philosophical concept in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant
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Hypothetical imperative
A hypothetical imperative (German: ''hypothetischer Imperativ'') is originally introduced in the philosophical writings of Immanuel Kant. This sort of imperative is contrasted with a categorical imperative.
Overview
It is first mentioned in Se ...
, introduced by Immanuel Kant as a commandment of reason that applies only conditionally
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