Imperative

Imperative may refer to:

• Imperative mood, a grammatical mood (or mode) expressing commands, direct requests, and prohibitions
• Imperative programming, a programming paradigm in computer science
• Imperative logic
• Imperative (film), a 1982 German drama film

In philosophy

• Moral imperative, a philosophical concept relating to obligation
• Categorical imperative, central philosophical concept in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant
• Hypothetical imperative, introduced by Immanuel Kant as a commandment of reason that applies only conditionally