Author

Contributions

  • Paton, H. J. 1887- - Contributor

Publication

1964 - Harper & Row, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

37,000 words, Guess

Page Count

148 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivegroundworkofmeta00kant
  • ISBN-100061311596
  • ISBN-139780061311598
  • LibraryThing9160
  • Goodreads907274
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Description

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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Series Statement

  • Harper torchbooks ; TB 1159

Other Editions

  • Groundwork of the metaphysic of moralsHarper & Row1964-01-01
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