The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant
2020-07-10 23:15:48
The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant
2020-07-10 23:15:48
In spite of its horrifying title Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals is one of the small books which are truly great: it has exercised on human thought an influence almost ludicrously disproportionate to its size. In moral philosophy it ran...
Read more
In spite of its horrifying title Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals is one of the small books which are truly great: it has exercised on human thought an influence almost ludicrously disproportionate to its size. In moral philosophy it ranks with the Republic of Plato and the Ethics of Aristotle; and perhaps--partly no doubt through the spread of Christian ideals and through the long experience of the human race during the last two thousand years, it shows in some respects a deeper insight even than these.
Less
