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So Immanuel Kant introduces the public to his Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, which results not in simply a grounding work, but one that is utterly groundbreaking. This opener, wholly devoted to the establishment of the importance of will and intention, notes the guiding characteristics ...
Kant called this assertion the "crux metaphysicorum." If Hume is right, he said, metaphysics is impossible. Perhaps even knowledge is impossible? Kant's Critique of Pure Reason was to prove that Hume was wrong. Neither Hume's Idea of "natural belief" nor Kant's "concepts of the understa...
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Biography Born Konigsberg, East Prussia; religious Protestant family; educated at U. of Konigsberg; eventually became professor of logic and metaphysics. Physically frail; regimented; became increasingly detached from family and friends. Retired from public life in 1797; cont...
The Metaphysics of Morals Kant describes the metaphysics of morals as the transcendental realm that is universal and necessary for all creatures that are rational. The metaphysics of morals include: the transcendental ideas (of self, cosmos, and God) the division of reality into phenomena and noume...
In "The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals," Immanuel Kant argues that the foundation of morality lies in the "good will," which means acting solely out of respect for a universal moral law, known as the Categorical Imperative, rather than based on the potential consequences of an actio...