imperativistadj.n.
/ɪmˈpɛrətᵻvɪst/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɛrədɪvᵻst/ Philosophy.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by the issuing of commands; spec. of or relating to imperativism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [adjective] > of other theories, etc.
Shaftesburian1752
non-inductive1844
inductive1861
imperativist1921
Weberian1925
factualist1933
situationalist1942
prescriptive1946
cognitivist1952
prescriptivist1954
1921 J. McCabe tr. W. Windelband Introd. Philos. ii. i. 221 There is something of an imperativist ethics, rightly or wrongly, in the work of all reformers.
1952 Mind 61 96 The imperativist analysis of moral indicatives cannot be correct.
1974 Jrnl. Polit. 37 932 Theorists unwilling to embrace either emotive or imperativist doctrines (or a combination of the two) were compelled to demonstrate that normative statements were reducible to empirical assertions.
2015 C. Klein What Body Commands iv. 48 The primary motivational force of pain—and the one that is wholly constitutive of pain on a pure imperativist account—is simply a command from the body to protect the affected body part.
B. n.
An adherent or advocate of imperativism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > imperativism and its adherents
imperativism1914
imperativist1950
1950 S. E. Toulmin Exam. Place of Reason in Ethics iv. xiii. 189 The ‘imperativist’ is prepared to consider the present account because it represents for him a sophisticated imperative theory.
1989 Amer. Philos. Q. 26 161/1 Nor is it [sc. a moral judgment]..a special kind of order, command or request, as proposed by imperativists.
2013 Philos. Stud. 166 s78 Imperativists might protest that unpleasant pains are special commands, comparable to commands shouted so loudly that they make your ears hurt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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