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CHRISTINE M. KORSGAARD. Harvard University. Revised Edition. University Printing House, Cambridg eiCBcb2 8bsBS , United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge.
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Published in 1785, the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most powerful texts in the history of ethical thought. In this book, Immanuel Kant formulates and justifies a supreme principle of morality that issues universal and unconditional moral commands.
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The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's central contribution to moral philosophy, and has inspired controversy ever since it was first published in 1785. Kant champions the insights of 'common human understanding' against what he sees as the dangerous perversions of ethical theory.
- Jens Timmermann
- 2007
Description. Published in 1785, 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 identify and corroborate the supreme principle of morality, the ...
- Christine M. Korsgaard, Mary Gregor, Jens Timmermann
- 2012
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.
- Christine M. Korsgaard, Mary Gregor, Jens Timmermann
- 2012
Summary. Introduction. Kant's short treatise Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is by far the best known of his writings in moral philosophy. Its influence has been out of all proportion to its size; so too has been the amount of commentary, interpretation, criticism, and debate to which it has given rise.