Groundwork for the Metaphysics of MoralsKant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, first published in 1785, is still one of the most widely read and influential works of moral philosophy. This Broadview edition combines a newly revised version of T.K. Abbott’s respected translation with material crucial for placing the Groundwork in the context of Kant’s broader moral thought. A varied selection of other ethical writings by Kant on subjects including our moral duties, fundamental principles of justice, the concept of happiness, and the relation of morality to religion are included, along with important criticisms of Kant’s ethics by Fichte, Schiller, Hegel, and Sidgwick. |
Contents
Transition from the Common Rational Moral Cognition to the Philosophical Moral Cognition | 55 |
Transition from Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysics of Morals | 67 |
Transition from the Metaphysics of Morals to the Critique of Pure Practical Reason | 103 |
Immanuel Kant An Answer to the Question What is Enlightenment? 1784 | 119 |
From Immanuel Kant Critique of Practical Reason 1788 | 127 |
From Immanuel Kant On the Common Saying This May Be True in Theory but It Does Not Apply in Practice 1793 | 141 |
From Immanuel Kant Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone 17931794 | 149 |
From Immanuel Kant Metaphysics of Morals 1797 | 153 |
From a Letter from Johann Gottlieb Fichte to Karl Leonhard Reinhold 1795 | 175 |
From Friedrich von Schiller and Wolfgang von Goethe Xenian 1796 | 177 |
From Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Lectures on the History of Philosophy 1831 | 179 |
From Henry Sidgwick The Methods of Ethics 1907 | 181 |
Suggested Reading | 189 |
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