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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

7185	Replace the categorical imperative by the natural imperative [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: Replacement of the categorical imperative by the natural imperative.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 09[27])
	A reaction: This places Nietzsche rather firmly with evolutionary psychologists (who see morality in evolutionary terms), which he probably would not like. I just don't believe we are helpless victims of nature, and nor must we endorse what it asks of us.