Ethical imperative

The ethical imperative was formulated by Heinz von Foerster based on the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant : "Always act in such a way that the number of options increases!"

The ethical imperative (as a maxim for action) asks what may or can be done according to the valid understanding of values.

Examples :

The bedside doctor must choose between the technical imperative (what is feasible) and the ethical imperative (what can be done).
The lawyer feels his affinity (affection) for the law as an ethical imperative, because it affects social reality as far as possible, so that society receives structures and rules and is thus actually functional. remains. This affinity is felt as an ethical imperative, but lived as an epistemological imperative .
Sustainability is a conceptual structure of high complexity, as it is not only a scientific term, but also an ethical imperative that claims to shape human attitudes and behavior.

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