Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: with On a Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns / Edition 3

by Immanuel Kant, James W. Ellington

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872201675
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/15/1993
Series:	Hackett Classics
Edition description:	Third Edition,3
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

I love teaching this edition of the Groundwork. It is highly readable while accurate, and affordable for undergraduates. --Mark LeBar, Ohio University

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