This is the first English translation of all of Kant's writings on moral and political philosophy collected in a single volume. No other collection competes with the comprehensiveness of this one. As well as Kant's most famous moral and political writings, the Groundwork to the Metaphysics of Morals, the Critique of Practical Reason, the Metaphysics of Morals, and Toward Perpetual Peace, the volume includes shorter essays and reviews, some of which have never been translated before. There is...
The first English translation of all Kant's writings on moral and political philosophy in a single volume.
General editors' prefacePrefaceGeneral introductionReview of Schulz's Attempt at an introduction to a doctrine of morals for all human beings regardless of different religions (1783)1An answer to the question: What is enlightenment? (1784)11On the wrongfulness of unauthorized publication of books (1785)23Groundwork of The metaphysics of morals (1785)37Review of Gottlieb Hufeland's Essay on the principle of natural right (1786)109Kraus's review of Ulrich's Eleutheriology (1788)119Critique of practical reason (1788)133On the common saying: That may be correct in theory, but it is of no use in practice (1793)273Toward perpetual peace (1795)311The metaphysics of morals (1797)353On a supposed right to lie from philanthropy (1797)605On turning out books (1798)617Editorial notes628Glossary641Index of names661Index of subjects664