KANT, IMMANUEL.
Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre.
Königsberg, Nicolovius, 1797.
8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges coloured in red. Wear to spine. Small stamp to verso of title-page, internally nice and clean. X, 59, (4), 64-190, (1) pp.
First edition, constituting the second part of Kant’s Metaphysik der Sitten (Metaphysics of Morals), published in the same year as his ”Rechtslehre”. The present work deals with duties of virtue - those moral obligations which cannot be externally enforced but belong to the inner sphere of freedom. Kant systematically examines both duties to oneself (self-preservation, cultivation of talents, self-respect) and duties to others (beneficence, gratitude, sympathy, respect). In doing so, he provides one of the most influential formulations of a deontological ethics grounded in autonomy and reason. Warda 176
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