Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary

by Jens Timmermann

Book Overview

The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's central contribution to moral philosophy, and has inspired controversy ever since it was first published in 1785. Kant champions the insights of 'common human understanding' against what he sees as the dangerous perversions of ethical theory. Morality is revealed to be a matter of human autonomy: Kant locates the source of the 'categorical imperative' within each and every human will. However,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521175089
• ISBN13: 9780521175081
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"