imperatives that come from conscience, abstract imperatives, instinct, the rational community, and the infinite
Perhaps instinct is a necessary condition for morality. But our capacity for abstraction results in our desiring these same goods in a kind of infinite manner. Let's call our capacity for abstraction our "instinct" for the infinite: it forces us to make comparisons, to relate each good to all of being and to the goodness of the world. Abstraction transforms our instincts into something much more.