The hypothetical imperative?

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (3):357 – 372 (2005)
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According to the standard view, Kant held that hypothetical imperatives are universally binding edicts with disjunctive objects: take-the-means-or-don't-have-the-end. But Kant thought otherwise. He held that they are edicts binding only on some - those who have an end.

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