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The Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals or Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant’s first contribution to moral philosophy, argues for an a priori basis for morality. Where the Critique of Pure Reason laid out Kant’s metaphysical and epistemological ideas, this relatively short, primarily meta-ethical, work was intended to outline and define the concepts and arguments shaping his future work The Metaphysics of Morals. However, the latter work is… More >>

Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals

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Kant’s work on the basis of morals and ethics… More >>

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

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This expanded edition of James Ellington’s preeminent translation of Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals includes his new translation of Kant’s essay ‘On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns’, in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consequences…. More >>

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: With on a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns

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Ancient Greek philosophy was divided into three sciences: physics, ethics, and logic. This division is perfectly suitable to the nature of the thing; and the only improvement that can be made in it is to add the principle on which it is based, so that we may both satisfy ourselves of its completeness, and also be able to determine correctly the necessary subdivisions… More >>

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

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Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant’s own words its aim is to search for and establish the supreme principle of morality, the categorical imperative. This edition presents the acclaimed translation of the text by Mary Gregor, together with an introduction by Christine M. Korsgaard that exa… More >>

Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals