Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

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book philosophical treatise work of ethics

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical treatise that introduces his deontological moral theory and the concept of the categorical imperative.

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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals canonical 17
Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten 3
Final step from the metaphysics of morals to the critique of pure practical reason 1

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aim to seek and establish the supreme principle of morality ⓘ
author Immanuel Kant ⓘ
centralClaim moral principles must be grounded a priori in reason ⓘ
moral worth depends on acting from duty ⓘ
the only thing good without qualification is a good will ⓘ
the supreme principle of morality is a categorical imperative ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Prussia ⓘ
influenced 20th-century moral philosophy ⓘ
Critique of Practical Reason ⓘ
Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ
contemporary Kantian ethics ⓘ
modern deontological ethics ⓘ
introducesConcept acting from duty ⓘ
autonomy ⓘ
categorical imperative ⓘ
good will ⓘ
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hypothetical imperative ⓘ
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surface form: Formula of the Kingdom of Ends
language German ⓘ
mainTopic autonomy of the will ⓘ
categorical imperative ⓘ
duty ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
good will ⓘ
moral law ⓘ
moral motivation ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
practical reason ⓘ
originalTitle Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten
philosophicalDiscipline metaethics ⓘ
normative ethics ⓘ
philosophicalMovement Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Kantian ethics ⓘ
deontological ethics ⓘ
publicationYear 1785 ⓘ
relatedWork Critique of Practical Reason ⓘ
Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ
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surface form: Final step from the metaphysics of morals to the critique of pure practical reason

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Transition from the common rational knowledge of morality to the philosophical ⓘ
structure three sections ⓘ

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