Single Idea 2859

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative]

Full Idea

What does the claim that there exists in us a categorical imperative say of the man who asserts it? …that 'what is worthy of respect in me is that I know how to obey - and things ought to be no different with you'.

Gist of Idea

The idea of the categorical imperative is just that we should all be very obedient

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil [1886], §187)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Beyond Good and Evil', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1973], p.92