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    Supports→The criterion of 'frequency' misunderstands how foundational moral frameworks function—Western deontology also derives from sparse originary sources like the categorical imperative.

    Foundational frameworks derive authority from logical coherence, not empirical prevalence. Kant's categorical imperative is normatively powerful despite limited historical adoption.

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    Key Terms

    Empirical prevalence(as used in philosophy)
    How commonly something is actually observed or practiced in real life based on evidence and experience.
    Foundational frameworks(mathematical philosophy)
    Different basic systems or sets of rules that mathematicians use to build and understand mathematics from the ground up.
    Immanuel Kant(as the originator of this concept)
    An 18th-century German philosopher who developed major ideas about ethics, reasoning, and how we understand the world; he's famous for arguing that morality is based on universal rules that apply to everyone equally.
    Logical coherence(what paradoxes violate)
    Whether the different parts of an argument or theory fit together without contradicting each other—like making sure all the pieces of a puzzle match up logically.

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    Normatively powerful(as used in ethics and philosophy)
    Having strong influence over what people think they should do or how they should behave, even if it doesn't describe what people actually do.
    authority(as another method a physician might use to ensure patients comply with treatment)
    The power or right to make decisions and have others follow them, based on expertise or position. A doctor has authority because of their medical knowledge.
    categorical imperative(Groundwork, 4.421, 429)
    The moral law requiring that one will the maxim of an action as a universal law (removing any self-preference) and treat humanity in any person always as an end and never merely as a means

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