Bicameral Structure of Congress. The Constitution created a bicameral national legislatureâthat is, a Congress composed of two separate chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate, sometimes called the upper house, is smaller (currently 100 seats) and its members serve longer terms (six years).
The categorical imperative is an idea that the philosopher Immanuel Kant had about ethics. Kant said that an imperative is something that a person must do. For example: if a person wants to stop being thirsty, it is imperative that they have a drink.
Since by nature (according to Kant) the moral law is universal and impartial and rational, the categorical is a way of formulating the criteria by which any action can pass the test of universality, impartiality, and rationality. That is its only function.