Kant: The Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) - Hardcover

Kant, Immanuel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521562171 ISBN 13: 9780521562171

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

The Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's major work in applied moral philosophy in which he deals with the basic principles of rights and of virtues. It comprises two parts: the 'Doctrine of Right', which deals with the rights which people have or can acquire, and the 'Doctrine of Virtue', which deals with the virtues they ought to acquire. Mary Gregor's translation, revised for publication in the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy series, is the only complete translation of the whole text, and includes extensive annotation on Kant's difficult and sometimes unfamiliar vocabulary. A new introduction by Roger Sullivan sets the work in its historical and philosophical context. This volume will be of wide interest to students of ethics and of legal and political philosophy.

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Review

"Considering this, I think Gregor did an admirable job....If your German is not up to Kant's beautiful but sometimes exerting sentences, get this translation and read it." Karl Hepfer, Philosophy in Review

Book Description

The Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's major work in applied moral philosophy. This volume includes the only complete translation of the whole text, a new introduction by Roger Sullivan, and extensive annotation. It will be of wide interest to students of ethics and of legal and political philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521562171
• ISBN 13: 9780521562171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 277
• Editor: Gregor Mary J.