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The Categorical Imperative

Immanuel Kant's central ethical concept, a universal moral law stating that actions should be performed as if they were to become a universal law, irrespective of consequences.

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  2. 25Utilitarianism
  3. 34Empiricism
  4. 44Existentialism
  5. 54Plato's Theory of Forms
  6. 63Aristotle’s virtue ethics
  7. 73The Dialectic (Historical Materialism)
  8. 82Buddhism
  9. 92Buddhism's Four Noble Truths
  10. 102Cogito Ergo Sum
  11. 112Confucian ethics
  12. 122Confucianism
  13. 132Daoism
  14. 142Descartes’ cogito ergo sum
  15. 152Hegelian Dialectic
  16. 162Kant's Transcendental Idealism
  17. 172methodical doubt
  18. 182non-attachment
  19. 192Radical Freedom
  20. 202Stoicism
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Stoicism10Existentialism (9), Confucianism (8), Utilitarianism (8)
Existentialism12Utilitarianism (10), Empiricism (9), Stoicism (9)
Platonism6Aristotelianism (6), Confucianism (6), Buddhism (6)
Utilitarianism13Existentialism (10), Social Contract Theory (10), Empiricism (9)
Empiricism11Existentialism (9), Utilitarianism (9), Confucianism (8)
Confucianism9Existentialism (8), Buddhism (8), Empiricism (8)
Aristotelianism6Confucianism (6), Buddhism (6), Platonism (6)
Social Contract Theory10Utilitarianism (10), Existentialism (7), Empiricism (6)
Marxism7Stoicism (7), Aristotelianism (6), Confucianism (6)
Daoism8Confucianism (8), Buddhism (8), Empiricism (8)
Buddhism8Confucianism (8), Empiricism (8), Daoism (8)
Rationalism8Empiricism (8), Aristotelianism (6), Confucianism (6)
Scholasticism3Aristotelianism (3), Confucianism (3), Existentialism (3)
Kantian philosophy4Aristotelianism (4), Confucianism (4), Buddhism (4)
pragmatism4Aristotelianism (4), Confucianism (4), Existentialism (4)
Cogito Ergo Sum4Existentialism (4), Utilitarianism (4), Social Contract Theory (4)
Socratic questioning3Mind-body dualism (3), Existentialism (3), Utilitarianism (3)
Plato's Theory of Forms6Utilitarianism (6), Social Contract Theory (6), Empiricism (5)
The Categorical Imperative5Utilitarianism (5), Social Contract Theory (5), Existentialism (4)
Kantian Ethics3Existentialism (3), Utilitarianism (3), Social Contract Theory (3)
The Dialectic (Historical Materialism)5Utilitarianism (5), Social Contract Theory (5), Plato's Theory of Forms (4)
Aristotle’s virtue ethics6Utilitarianism (6), Empiricism (5), Social Contract Theory (5)
Hindu philosophical schools3Aristotelianism (3), Confucianism (3), Buddhism (3)
analytic philosophy3Aristotelianism (3), Confucianism (3), Existentialism (3)
Nyāya2Aristotelianism (2), Confucianism (2), Hindu philosophical schools (2)
Question your assumptions1Confucianism (1), Existentialism (1), Cogito Ergo Sum (1)
Mind-body dualism3Existentialism (3), Socratic questioning (3), Utilitarianism (3)
methodical doubt2Confucianism (2), Existentialism (2), Cogito Ergo Sum (2)
Phenomenology3Aristotelianism (3), Confucianism (3), Buddhism (3)
CBT2Aristotelianism (2), Confucianism (2), Existentialism (2)

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