
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
With an Updated Translation, Introduction, and Notes
Immanuel Kant(Author)
Allen W. Wood(Editor)
Yale University Press
Will be published approx. on 29. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-300-22743-7 (ISBN)
Description
Now in a new, affordable edition with updated notes, a superbly readable translation of Kant's classic work
This work, one of the most important texts in the history of ethics, presents Immanuel Kant's conception of moral self-government based on pure reason. It has been a source of controversy and an object of reinterpretation for over two centuries. This new edition of Kant's work provides a fresh translation that is uniquely faithful to the German original and more fully annotated than any previous translation. The editor and translator, Allen Wood, has written a new introduction.
This work, one of the most important texts in the history of ethics, presents Immanuel Kant's conception of moral self-government based on pure reason. It has been a source of controversy and an object of reinterpretation for over two centuries. This new edition of Kant's work provides a fresh translation that is uniquely faithful to the German original and more fully annotated than any previous translation. The editor and translator, Allen Wood, has written a new introduction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
194 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-22743-7 (9780300227437)
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Persons
Allen W. Wood is Ruth Norman Halls Professor at Indiana University and Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor emeritus at Stanford University.