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The Ethics of Immanuel Kant

Duty, Autonomy, and the Categorical Imperative in Enlightenment Moral PhilosophyBy Immanuel Kant

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The Ethics of Immanuel Kant presents the central architecture of Kantian moral philosophy: the autonomy of rational agents, the categorical imperative, the good will, duty, and the principle that humanity must always be treated as an end in itself. Its argument moves from ordinary moral consciousness toward a rigorous account of universal obligation, distinguishing morality from inclination, prudence, and the pursuit of happiness. Written in the analytical yet architectonic style characteristic of the Enlightenment, the work belongs to the decisive transition between early modern rationalism and modern deontological ethics, while also engaging the moral psychology and religious assumptions of its age. Kant (1724–1804), the Königsberg philosopher whose critical project transformed European thought, developed this ethics in response to both empiricist skepticism and the limitations of traditional metaphysics. Seeking a foundation for moral law that would be neither dependent on circumstance nor reducible to desire, he grounded obligation in practical reason and freedom. His discussions reflect a lifelong concern with human dignity, responsibility, and the possibility of universal principles in a world of competing interests. This book is recommended to readers seeking a foundational text in moral philosophy and to students tracing the origins of contemporary debates about rights, autonomy, justice, and moral responsibility. Although demanding in its conceptual precision, it rewards patient reading with an enduring vision of ethical life as self-legislation under principles any rational person could acknowledge. It remains indispensable for understanding both Kant and the modern philosophical idea of human dignity.

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1The Vocation of the Scholar (Annotated)

2Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

3Preface

4First Section: Transition from the Common Rational Knowledge of Morality to the Philosophical

5Second Section: Transition from Popular Moral Philosophy to the Metaphysic of Morals

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6Third Section: Transition from the Metaphysic of Morals to the Critique of Pure Practical Reason

7The Metaphysics of Morals

8Translator's preface

9Bibliographical note

10General Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals

11I. The Relation of the Faculties of the Human Mind to the Moral Laws

12II. The Idea and Necessity of a Metaphysic of Morals

13III. The Division of a Metaphysic of Morals

14General Divisions of the Metaphysics of Morals

15I. Division of the Metaphysic of Morals as a System of Duties generally

16II. Division of the Metaphysic of Morals according to Relations of Obligation

17III. Division of the Metaphysic of Morals

18IV. General preliminary Conceptions defined and explained

19Philosophy of Law (The Science of Right)

20Introduction to the Science of Right

21General Definitions and Divisions

22A. What the Science of Right is

23B. What is Right?

24C. Universal Principle of Right

25D. Right is conjoined with the Title or Authority to compel

26E. Strict Right may be also represented as the possibility of a universal reciprocal Compulsion in harmony with the Freedom of all according to universal Laws

27F. Supplementary Remarks on Equivocal Right

28Division of the Science of Right

29A. General Division of the Duties of Right

30B. Universal Division of Rights

31C. Methodical Division of the Science of Right

32Part First: Private Right

33Chapter First. Of the Mode of Having Anything External as One’s Own

34Chapter Second. The Mode of acquiring anything External

35First Section. Principles of Real Right

36Second Section. Principles of Personal Right

37Third Section. Principles of Personal Right that is Real in Kind

38The Rights of the Family as a Domestic Society