According to Kant, the "Categorical Imperative" is:

A command of reason directing you to choose the action most likely to satisfy your private, contigent desires.

A command of reason that obligates you to do that action that is the most effective means to satisfying your desires.

The fundamental moral principle of action, from which all other moral principles of action derive.

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