For example, I learned about Immanuel Kant and the categorical imperative.

比如，我了解到了康德，以及绝对命令。

" Silence, silence." All the air of the fourteenth floor was sibilant with the categorical imperative.

“肃静，肃静”，这断然的命令让十四楼的空气里充满了肃、肃、肃的嘶沙音。

And one of the best ways to do this is to use Kant's categorical imperative and using the categorical imperative there are four steps.

要做到这一点，最好方法之一是使用康德的绝对命令，使用绝对命令有四个步骤。

Kant, too, with his categorical imperative, was on the same road: this was his practical reason.

康德也以他的绝对命令走在同一条道路上：这是他的实践理由。

There is no categorical imperative nor any disciplines, even within the walls of a monastery (—it is always possible to leave—).

没有绝对的命令， 也没有任何纪律， 即使在修道院的围墙内也是如此（——总是有可能离开——）。

" Kant formulates the moral law as a categorical imperative. By this he means that the moral law is 'categorical, ' or that it applies to all situations" .

“康德将道德法则表述为绝对命令。他的意思是，道德法则是‘绝对的’，或者说它适用于所有情况”。

Quite the contrary is demanded by the most profound laws of self-preservation and of growth: to wit, that every man find his own virtue, his own categorical imperative.

最深刻的自我保护和成长法则要求的恰恰相反：也就是说， 每个人都找到自己的美德， 找到自己的绝对命令。

" Kant formulates this 'categorical imperative' in several ways. First he says: Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a Universal Law of Nature" .

“康德以多种方式阐述了这种‘绝对命令’。首先，他说：就好像你的行动准则将通过你的意志成为普遍的自然法则一样行动”。

So Immanuel Kant came up with something called the categorical imperative, and it's basically an idea that you can use to test if an action you're about to do is either going to help or harm your community.

伊曼努尔·康德提出了绝对命令，它基本上是这样一种理念，你可以用它来检验你将要采取的行动是否会帮助或损害你的群体。