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Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

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ISBN-10: 1107401062

ISBN-13: 9781107401068

Edition: 2nd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Christine M. Korsgaard, Mary Gregor, Jens Timmermann

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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 categorical imperative. He argues that human beings are ends in themselves, never to be used by anyone merely as a means, and that universal and unconditional obligations must be understood as an expression of the human capacity for autonomy and self-governance. As such, they are laws of freedom. This volume contains Mary Gregor's acclaimed translation of the work,…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 130
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Jens Timmermann is Reader in Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Sittengesetz und Freiheit (2003). He is the editor of Kant's Critique of Practical Reason: A Critical Guide (with Andrews Reath, Cambridge University Press, 2010) and of Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Preface to the revised edition
Introduction
Chronology
Further reading
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Preface
Transition from common to philosophical moral rational cognition
Transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysics of morals
Transition from the metaphysics of morals to the critique of pure practical reason
Notes
Selected glossary
Index