Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
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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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book
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philosophical treatise → work of ethics → |
| aim |
to seek and establish the supreme principle of morality
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| author |
Immanuel Kant
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| centralClaim |
moral principles must be grounded a priori in reason
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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 → |
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Prussia
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20th-century moral philosophy
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Critique of Practical Reason → Metaphysics of Morals → contemporary Kantian ethics → modern deontological ethics → |
| introducesConcept |
acting from duty
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autonomy → categorical imperative → good will → heteronomy → hypothetical imperative → kingdom of ends → |
| keyFormulaOfCategoricalImperative |
Formula of Humanity
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Formula of Universal Law → Formula of the Kingdom of Ends → |
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German
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| mainTopic |
autonomy of the will
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categorical imperative → duty → ethics → freedom → good will → moral law → moral motivation → moral philosophy → practical reason → |
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Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaethics
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normative ethics → |
| philosophicalMovement |
Enlightenment philosophy
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| philosophicalTradition |
Kantian ethics
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deontological ethics → |
| publicationYear |
1785
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| relatedWork |
Critique of Practical Reason
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Critique of Pure Reason → Metaphysics of Morals → |
| section |
Final step from the metaphysics of morals to the critique of pure practical reason
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Transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysics of morals → Transition from the common rational knowledge of morality to the philosophical → |
| structure |
three sections
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