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Immanuel Kant's

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

{Grundlegung der Metaphysiks der Sitten}

This stop on the internet provides text and exploration of an English translation of Immanuel Kant's Grundlegung der Metaphysiks der Sitten (1785). The English translation used here is that of T. K. Abbott (1909). Other translations -- more accurate and up to date -- are mentioned in the bibliography.

Links in the text are to (a) notes, (b) glossary, and (c) comments. Notes provide brief explanations and raise questions; the glossary provides brief definitions or characterizations; comments are lengthier, more interpretive, and more provocative.

Notes and comments will succeed to the extent that readers are encouraged to explore Kant's moral philosophy--and its various critics and defenders--in more depth and detail.



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