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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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
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| 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 → |
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Kingdom of Prussia
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| followedBy |
Critique of the Power of Judgment
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| follows |
Critique of Pure Reason
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| genre |
moral philosophy treatise
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philosophical ethics → |
| historicalContext |
European Enlightenment
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| influenced |
19th-century German philosophy
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20th-century moral philosophy → deontological ethical theories → neo-Kantianism → |
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German
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| 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 |
Kritik der praktischen Vernunft
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| partOfSeries |
Kant's three Critiques
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| philosophicalSchool |
deontological ethics
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| philosophicalTradition |
Enlightenment philosophy
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German idealism → |
| positionOnEthics |
morality is grounded in a priori principles of reason
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| positionOnFreedom |
freedom is a necessary presupposition of morality
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| positionOnReason |
practical reason has primacy over theoretical reason in moral matters
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| publicationYear |
1788
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| 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 → |
Referenced by (17)
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Foundations of Natural Right
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Kantianism ("Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason") → The System of Ethics → |
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Doctrine of Virtue
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals → Metaphysics of Morals → |
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Formula of Autonomy
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categorical imperative → |
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Immanuel Kant
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Immanuel Kant → |
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Formula of Humanity
("Formula of Humanity as an End in Itself")
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Critique of Pure Reason
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Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
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Critique of Practical Reason
("Kritik der praktischen Vernunft")
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Critique of the Power of Judgment
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Formula of Universal Law
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