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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Unknown, possibly Elisabeth von Stägemann (Anton Graff school) · Public domain · source

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philosophical tract by Immanuel Kant

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  1. Indeed, this view of Morals as existing not for men, as men, but for all rational beings, as such, is with Kant a principle so firmly established, an idea so favourite, that he is never tired of repeating it at every opportunity.

    Arthur Schopenhauer, The Basis of Morality

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  2. By IMMANUEL KANT KANT’S CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR ENGLISH READERS. By J. P. MAHAFFY, D.D., and The Right Rev. J. H. BERNARD, D.D. Two vols. Crown 8vo. Vol. I. THE KRITIK OF THE PURE REASON EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED. 7s. 6d. Vol. II. PROLEGOMENA. Translated, with Notes and Appendices. 6s.

    Immanuel Kant, Kant's Critique of Judgement

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  3. But it is the very nature of moral legislation that it is meant to influence the world of sense; its object is to realize the purposes of free rational action within the sense world. This fact fixes the chief features of Kant's philosophy of Morals and of the State.

    John Dewey, German philosophy and politics

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Part of German philosophy.

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