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1、TEXTSINGERMANPHILOSOPHYThe-IS/lctaphysksofMoralsImmanuelKantThisistheonlycompleteEnglishtranslationofKant'smajorworkinappliedmoralphilosophymwhichhedealswiththebasicprinciplesofrightsandofvirtues.ItshouldnotbeconfusedwiththeGroundworkoftheMetaphysics

2、ofMorals(1785),anearlierworkwhichissometimestreatedasifitwerethedefinitivestatementofKant'smoralphilosophybutwhich,infact,merelylaysthefoundationlorthelongerworkItisinthelongerworkthatKanttriestogivecontenttohisformalprinciple,thecategoricalimperativ

3、e.TheMetaphysicsofMorals(1797)comprisestwoparts:theDoctrineofRight,whichdealswiththerightsthatpeoplehaveorcanacquire,andtheDoctrineofVirtue,whichdealswiththevirtuestheyoughttoacquire.Partshavebeentranslatedbefore,butthisneweditionistheonlycom-pletetr

4、anslationofthewholework.Asubstantialintroductionconsiderstherelationbetweenthetwoparts,andthereisextensiveannotationontheunfamiliarandsometimesdifficultvocabulary.GivenKant'sstatusasoneofthemostimportantmoralphilosophersofalltime,thepublicationofthis

5、newtranslationwillbeolcriticalimportancetoallstudentsofethicsandollegalandpoliticalphilosophy.CoverDesignbyKenFarnhillCAMBRIDGEUNIVE1SITYFftgSSTEXTSINGERMANPHILOSOPHYTheMetaphysicsofMoralsThisistheonlycompleteEnglishtranslationofKant'smajorworkinappl

6、iedmoralphilosophyinwhichhedealswiththebasicprinciplesofrightsandofvirtues.ItshouldnotbeconfusedwiththeGroundworkoftheMetaphysicsofMorals(1785),anearlierworkwhichissometimestreatedasifitwerethedefinitivestatementofKant'smoralphilosophybutwhich,infact

7、,merelylaysthefoundationforthelongerwork.ItisinthelongerworkthatKanttriestogivecontenttohisformalprinciple,thecategoricalimperative.TheMetaphysicsofMorals(1797)comprisestwoparts:TheDoctrineofRight,whichdealswiththerightsthatpeoplehaveorcanacquire,and

8、theDoctrineofVirtue,whichdealswiththevirtuestheyoughttoacquire.Partshavebeentranslatedbefore,butthisneweditionistheonlycompletetranslationofthewholework.Asubstantialintroductionconsiderstherelationbetweenthetwoparts,andthereisextensiveannotationonthe