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. They are sometimes called ' ...
, 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 Statement (computer science), statements that change a program's state (computer science), state. In much the same way that the imperative mood in natural ...
, a programming paradigm in computer science
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Imperative logic
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''Imperative'' (film), a 1982 German drama film
In philosophy
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Moral imperative, a philosophical concept relating to obligation
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Categorical imperative
The categorical imperative () is the central philosophical concept in the deontological Kantian ethics, moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Introduced in Kant's 1785 ''Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals'', it is a way of evaluating motivati ...
, 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 S ...
, introduced by Immanuel Kant as a commandment of reason that applies only conditionally
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