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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Immanuel Kant · 1785

4 chapters · 74 pages · Original text

Public domain · Project Gutenberg

Chapters

~11 min · 6 pages

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

~27 min · 13 pages

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

~80 min · 38 pages

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

~36 min · 17 pages

About this text

First published in 1748, this work represents Hume's mature empiricist philosophy — a reworking of ideas from his earlier Treatise of Human Nature.

Hume argues that all knowledge derives from sensory experience and that reason alone cannot establish matters of fact.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain).

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