Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
1785 • 162 pages

Wow...I wouldn't normally try to give "the" summary for Kant's Groundwork. If you haven't read this -- read it!

Kant asks what it would mean if morality exists. Unpacking this definition, he thinks that if morality exists, it has something to do with conformance to universal laws, and that if morality if binding for human beings, human beings have to be autonomous. For whether he thinks he can show that human beings are autonomous...read treatise 3!

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Groundbook of the Metaphysics of Morals

Groundbook of the Metaphysics of Morals is a 6-book series first released in 1785 with contributions by Immanuel Kant, Mary Gregor, and H.J. Paton.

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
The Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Fundamentación para una metafísica de las costumbres
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals

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