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Kant's Fooundations of Ethics, SECOND EDITION
Kant's Fooundations of Ethics SECOND EDITION Author:Immanuel Kant Each of us knows what we must know and what we musts do. This knowledge is the common property of everyone! The three works recorded here articulate the most fundamental principles of Kant s ethical worldview. What is Enlightenment? (1784) and Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785) were written in the period between the A... more »merican Revolution and the French Revolution. Toward Lasting Peace was published ten years later, after the French Revolution had turned sour. It foreshadowed the conceptual groundwork for the League of Nations and the United Nations. Taken together they challenge all free people to think about the requirements for self-determination both in our individual lives and in our public and private institutions. According to Kant, freedom of thought leads naturally to freedom of action. When that happens, governments begin to treat human beings, not as machines, but as persons with dignity. Translated by Leo Rauch and Lieselotte Anderson« less