Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (Hackett)

Author: Immanuel Kant

ISBN: 9780872201668

Binding: paperback

Section: Philosophy

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.