The phrase "a universal imperative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a principle or command that is applicable to all people or situations, often in a moral or ethical context.
Example: "The idea of treating others with respect is seen as a universal imperative in many cultures."
Alternatives: "a global necessity" or "a fundamental obligation".
They note heroes (Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Jesus, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the 18th century), villains (Thomas Hobbes, John Calvin, the 19th century), tracking how kindness was "steadily downgraded from a universal imperative to the prerogative of specific social constituencies: romantic poets, clergymen, charity workers, and — above all — women".
It is the language for the dance music coming out of Paris studios as well as for the homegrown, accordion-driven party music of Gulf Coast dancehalls, and while the dialects change from country to country, the exhortation "Allons dansez!" is a universal imperative.
"The protection of children is a universal imperative, and families, extended families and communities of origin have a pivotal role to play in the reintegration of all separated children".
The protection of children is a universal imperative, and it is critical that the reintegration of all separated children – including formerly abducted children – be reintegrated into their families, extended families or communities of origin.
"The protection of children and women is a universal imperative and a responsibility not only of the Government, in accordance with its international human rights obligations and national policy, but also the responsibility of every stakeholder and every community member in the Karamoja sub-region," he said.
The payoff was supposed to be a unification of logic for sentences in various moods, including moral sentences which Hare thought were a species of universal imperative.
(As if in response to some universal imperative, Rose looks a lot better after leaving the Knicks).
Perhaps that's a poet's way of stating the universal imperative, "Grow or die". So, the question that really matters is, how do we see and interact with the changes occurring in our lives today?
"The survival, protection and development of children are universal imperative that lie at the heart of the Millennium Development Goals, the central objective for human progress in the coming decade.
By following universal imperatives, the will escapes the contingencies and determinism of the phenomenal or empirical realm.
Such precepts may change if God so desires and so Scotus and Ockham produce an ethics quite different in spirit from that of Kant's theory of universal imperatives.
