Research Catalog

Title

Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals / Immanuel Kant ; translated and edited by Mary Gregor and Jens Timmermann ; with an introduction by Christine M. Korsgaard.

Author

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Publication

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gregor, Mary J.
• Timmermann, Jens

Description

xliv, 87 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"The main objective of Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy is to expand the range, variety, and quality of texts in the history of philosophy which are available in English. The series includes texts by familiar names (such as Descartes and Kant) and also by less well-known authors. Wherever possible, texts are published in complete and unabridged form, and translations are specially commissioned for the series. Each volume contains a critical introduction together with a guide to further reading and any necessary glossaries and textual apparatus. The volumes are designed for student use at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and will be of interest not only to students of philosophy but also to a wider audience of readers in the history of science, the history of theology, and the history of ideas"--

Series Statement

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy

Uniform Title

• Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten. English
• Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.

Alternative Title

Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten.

Subjects

• PHILOSOPHY / Reference
• Ethics > Early works to 1800

Note

• "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, sympathetically revised by Jens Timmermann, and an accessible, updated introduction by Christine Korsgaard"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface to the revised edition; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals; Preface; 1. Transition from common to philosophical moral rational cognition; 2. Transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysics of morals; 3. Transition from the metaphysics of morals to the critique of pure practical reason; Notes; Selected glossary; Index.

Call Number

JFE 12-5125

ISBN

• 9781107008519 (hardback)
• 1107008514 (hardback)
• 9781107401068 (pbk.)
• 1107401062 (pbk.)

LCCN

2012011709

OCLC

YBP 2012011709

Author

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Title

Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals / Immanuel Kant ; translated and edited by Mary Gregor and Jens Timmermann ; with an introduction by Christine M. Korsgaard.

Imprint

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Edition

Revised edition / translation revised by Jens Timmermann.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Gregor, Mary J., translator, editor.

Timmermann, Jens, translator, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 12-5125