Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 170 EAN: 9780872201668 ISBN: 087220166X Label: Hackett Publishing Company Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 78 Publication Date: 1993-06 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Sales Rank: 59269 Studio: Hackett Publishing Company
Product DescriptionThis expanded edition of James Ellington's preeminent translation of Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals includes his new translation of Kant's essay 'On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns', in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consequences.
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Rating: - Must read
This little volume is undeniably one of the most discussed works of ethical philosophy in the Western tradition. It stems from Kant's work on metaphysics, established in the Critique of Pure Reason in which Kant lays out the crucial principles of human understanding. This work, is a logical extension of Kant's noumenal-phenomenal division, in which man is given the choice of being an ethical legislator. For Kant, universality is the primary guideline to all ethical choice, in contradistinction to ... Read More
Rating: - Which translation of the Grundlegung is right for you?
There is no doubt that Kant's Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten is one of the three or four most important texts of modern moral philosophy. The only question is, if you have to rely on an English translation, which translation is best? I think that depends on why you are reading this book. If you have only a casual interest in Kant, or if you are reading this book only because it is required for a class and you plan on selling this book back to the university co-op the second the semester ... Read More
Rating: - Profound, Inspiring, and, Of Course, Difficult
Kant's Groundwork (or Foundations) of the Metaphysics of Morals is probably the single most influential work of philosophical ethics since Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics. While Kant himself considered this a sort of introduction to ethical thinking, it's come to be his most influential and widely read work on ethics. Despite its length--it's less than a hundred pages--this is a work of remarkable depth and intellectual insight.
And what makes the Groundwork especially interesting is ... Read More
Rating: - You Kan't Read This Without Having A Headache
If you are interested in taking up philosophy, I would recommend that you not start off with Immanuel Kant. Start off with someone reasonable like Aristotle or Machiavelli. Kant is infamous for being the most difficult philosopher to read. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is an excruciating experience. Although a great philosopher, Kant is not that great a writer. He often makes up words and talks in circles. The pedantic nature of this work makes for an awful read. If you do understand ... Read More
Rating: - Reason examines itself.
Kant's foundational work for his extensive examination of ethics and reason. I picked up a copy in the Harvard book store (no, I was just visiting), perhaps inheriting it from a business or law student who might by now be struggling to ignore whatever he or she once learned of ethics (sorry -- I'm sure that's not the case...). Much as Einstein would one day struggle to establish physical principles independent of observational considerations, Kant undertakes to construct a philosophy of ethics "which does ... Read More
- Which translation of the Grundlegung is right for you?
- You Kan't Read This Without Having A Headache
