Critique of Practical Reason
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Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
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Target entity: Critique of Practical Reason Context triple: [Immanuel Kant, notableWork, Critique of Practical Reason]
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Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical work that revolutionized modern thought by examining the limits and capacities of human reason.
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kingdom of ends
The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on the rational foundations of religion and the relationship between morality and religious belief.
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Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Critique of Practical Reason Target entity description: Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
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A.
Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical work that revolutionized modern thought by examining the limits and capacities of human reason.
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B.
kingdom of ends
The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
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C.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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D.
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on the rational foundations of religion and the relationship between morality and religious belief.
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E.
Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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philosophical work ⓘ work of moral philosophy ⓘ |
| aim |
to defend the objectivity of the moral law
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to establish the foundations of morality in pure practical reason ⓘ |
| author | Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
duty
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good will ⓘ maxim ⓘ moral obligation ⓘ postulate of God ⓘ postulate of immortality of the soul ⓘ practical freedom ⓘ pure practical reason ⓘ respect for the moral law ⓘ summum bonum ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Prussia
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Kingdom of Prussia
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| followedBy | Critique of the Power of Judgment ⓘ |
| follows | Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ |
| genre |
moral philosophy treatise
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philosophical ethics ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
European Enlightenment
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| influenced |
19th-century German philosophy
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20th-century moral philosophy ⓘ deontological ethical theories ⓘ neo-Kantianism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
autonomy of the will
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categorical imperative ⓘ ethics ⓘ freedom ⓘ moral law ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ postulates of practical reason ⓘ practical reason ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
moral law as a fact of reason
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primacy of practical reason ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Critique of Practical Reason
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surface form:
Kritik der praktischen Vernunft
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| partOfSeries |
Critique of Pure Reason
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surface form:
Kant's three Critiques
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| philosophicalSchool | deontological ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Enlightenment philosophy
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German idealism ⓘ |
| positionOnEthics | morality is grounded in a priori principles of reason ⓘ |
| positionOnFreedom | freedom is a necessary presupposition of morality ⓘ |
| positionOnReason | practical reason has primacy over theoretical reason in moral matters ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1788 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
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Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ |
| structure |
doctrine of elements of pure practical reason
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doctrine of method of pure practical reason ⓘ |
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Kritik der praktischen Vernunft
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