{"product_id":"9781605016283","title":"Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFoundations of the Metaphysics of Morals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGroundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (German: \u003ci\u003eGrundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten\u003c\/i\u003e, 1785), Immanuel Kant's first contribution to moral philosophy, argues for an \u003ci\u003ea priori\u003c\/i\u003e basis for morality. Where the \u003ci\u003eCritique of Pure Reason\u003c\/i\u003e laid out Kant's metaphysical and epistemological ideas, this relatively short, primarily meta-ethical, work was intended to outline and define the concepts and arguments shaping his future work \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphysics of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e. However, the latter work is much less read than the Groundwork.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Groundwork is notable for its explanation of the categorical imperative, which is the central concept of Kant’s moral philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Groundwork is broken into a preface, followed by three sections. Kant's argument works from common reason up to the supreme unconditional law, in order to identify its existence. He then works backwards from there to prove the relevance and weight of the moral law. The third and final section of the book is famously obscure, and it is partly because of this that Kant later, in 1788, decides to publish the \u003ci\u003eCritique of Practical Reason\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003ci\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/i\u003ethe free encyclopedia.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135014256880,"sku":"9781605016283","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605016283_p0.jpg?v=1763827290","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605016283","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}