What two kinds of imperatives did Kant notice and in what way is one stronger than the other?

Question

Examples, please!!

Answer 1

hypothetical imperative-would compel action in a certain circumstance
i am thirsty, so i will drink this water
categorical imperative-an absolute requirement in all circumstances
i must drink water, or else my body will die

i would say that he felt the categorical imperative was stronger, but often people more used the hypothetical ones

Answer 2

Hypothetical Imperative and Categorial (non-hypothetical) Imperative. By the way, imperative means command. In short, categorical imperative has to do with a good intension. Suppose that you have a child and your little child makes a sandwitch for you. It may not look pretty or it may not even taste good; but there is a purely good intension in that child; and we value that for what it is unconditionally. Some do disagree, but usually they are just in denial.

Take another example: which I will give you in a question form. Would you be happy if that happens at a sandwitch restaurant? Obviously no. What comes out as a consequence (how a sandwitch comes out) is all that matters.

But what if the person who made the sandwitch was sincerely hoping that he could put poinson in it; but he didn't. Usually people would say that's not right even if the sandwitch is not poisoned.

The point is this, the sandwitch can go wrong in many ways. Even if everything goes wrong, what does not go wrong is a good intension. The imperative based on good intension is, thus, the strongest imperative of all according to Kant.

PS: Kant, despite his notoriously tough writing style, is really talking about common sense.