Name: Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Oxford World's Classics)
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Author: Immanuel Kant
ISBN: 9780198786191

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Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Oxford World's Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Immanuel Kant

Translated by

Christopher Bennett

Joe Saunders

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

144

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.1 x 12.7 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.11 kg.

ISBN13

9780198786191

Synopsis "Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Oxford World's Classics) "

[T]he present groundwork is nothing more than the identification and vindication of the supreme principle of morality.' In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785), Immanuel Kant makes clear his two central intentions: first, to uncover the principle that underpins morality, and secondly to defend its applicability to human beings. The result is one of the most significant texts in the history of ethics, and a masterpiece of Enlightenment thinking. Kant argues that moral law tells us to act only in ways that others could also act, thereby treating them as ends in themselves and not merely as means. Kant contends that despite apparent threats to our freedom from science, and to ethics from ourself-interest, we can nonetheless take ourselves to be free rational agents, who as such have a motivation to act on this moral law, and thus the ability to act as moral beings. One of the most studied works of moral philosophy, this new translation by Robert Stern, Joe Saunders, and Christopher Bennett illuminates this famous text for modern readers.

Immanuel Kant

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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the most influential figures in modern philosophy. His thinking laid the foundations of transcendental idealism, focused on the relationship between experience and reason. Among his most important works is Critique of Pure Reason (1781), where he analyzes the limits of human knowledge. He also wrote Critique of Practical Reason (1788), focused on morality, and Critique of Judgment (1790), which addresses aesthetics and teleology.

Additionally, in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785), he presented his famous theory of the categorical imperative, the cornerstone of his ethics. His ideas on enlightenment, morality, and epistemology continue to influence philosophy and social sciences.

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