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1、TEXTSINGERMANPHILOSOPHYThe-IS/lctaphysksofMoralsImmanuelKantThisistheonlycompleteEnglishtranslationofKant'smajorworkinappliedmoralphilosophymwhichhedealswiththebasicprinciplesofrightsandofvirtues.ItshouldnotbeconfusedwiththeGroundworkoftheMetaphysicsofMorals(1785),anearlierworkwh
2、ichissometimestreatedasifitwerethedefinitivestatementofKant'smoralphilosophybutwhich,infact,merelylaysthefoundationlorthelongerworkItisinthelongerworkthatKanttriestogivecontenttohisformalprinciple,thecategoricalimperative.TheMetaphysicsofMorals(1797)comprisestwoparts:theDoctrineo
3、fRight,whichdealswiththerightsthatpeoplehaveorcanacquire,andtheDoctrineofVirtue,whichdealswiththevirtuestheyoughttoacquire.Partshavebeentranslatedbefore,butthisneweditionistheonlycom-pletetranslationofthewholework.Asubstantialintroductionconsiderstherelationbetweenthetwoparts,and
4、thereisextensiveannotationontheunfamiliarandsometimesdifficultvocabulary.GivenKant'sstatusasoneofthemostimportantmoralphilosophersofalltime,thepublicationofthisnewtranslationwillbeolcriticalimportancetoallstudentsofethicsandollegalandpoliticalphilosophy.CoverDesignbyKenFarnhillCA
5、MBRIDGEUNIVE1SITYFftgSSTEXTSINGERMANPHILOSOPHYTheMetaphysicsofMoralsThisistheonlycompleteEnglishtranslationofKant'smajorworkinappliedmoralphilosophyinwhichhedealswiththebasicprinciplesofrightsandofvirtues.ItshouldnotbeconfusedwiththeGroundworkoftheMetaphysicsofMorals(1785),anearl
6、ierworkwhichissometimestreatedasifitwerethedefinitivestatementofKant'smoralphilosophybutwhich,infact,merelylaysthefoundationforthelongerwork.ItisinthelongerworkthatKanttriestogivecontenttohisformalprinciple,thecategoricalimperative.TheMetaphysicsofMorals(1797)comprisestwoparts:Th
7、eDoctrineofRight,whichdealswiththerightsthatpeoplehaveorcanacquire,andtheDoctrineofVirtue,whichdealswiththevirtuestheyoughttoacquire.Partshavebeentranslatedbefore,butthisneweditionistheonlycompletetranslationofthewholework.Asubstantialintroductionconsiderstherelationbetweenthetwo
8、parts,andthereisextensiveannotationonthe
