Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: with On a Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns (Hackett Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Immanuel Kant

ISBN 10

087220166X

ISBN 13

9780872201668

Tags

Ethics & Morality, Metaphysics, Modern, Ethics, History & Surveys

Description

This expanded edition of James Ellington’s preeminent translation includes Ellington’s new translation of Kant’s essay Of a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of disastrous consequences. - from Amzon

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