Accordingly the hypothetical imperative only says that the action is good for some purpose, POSSIBLE or ACTUAL.

The hypothetical imperative which expresses the practical necessity of an action as means to the advancement of happiness is Assertorial.

When I conceive a hypothetical imperative in general I do not know beforehand what it will contain until I am given the condition.

Hence all these relative ends can give rise only to hypothetical imperatives.

All prudential or technical rules are hypothetical imperatives, the moral law is a categorical imperative.