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丿乇爻 賴丕蹖 賮賱爻賮賴 丕禺賱丕賯

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"The Lectures remain the richest document we have for understanding the history of the most important ethical theory of modern times...They let us see Kant in the role his students & colleagues saw--not as the author of almost unreadable books, but as the galanter Magister, with a style as polished & sharp as the dagger he wrote on the podium."--Lewis W. Beck
Foreword to the Torchbook Edition-L.W. Beck
Introduction-J. MacMurray
Universal Practical Philosophy
Ethics

344 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

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Immanuel Kant

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Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century philosopher from K枚nigsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He's regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe & of the late Enlightenment. His most important work is The Critique of Pure Reason, an investigation of reason itself. It encompasses an attack on traditional metaphysics & epistemology, & highlights his own contribution to these areas. Other main works of his maturity are The Critique of Practical Reason, which is about ethics, & The Critique of Judgment, about esthetics & teleology.

Pursuing metaphysics involves asking questions about the ultimate nature of reality. Kant suggested that metaphysics can be reformed thru epistemology. He suggested that by understanding the sources & limits of human knowledge we can ask fruitful metaphysical questions. He asked if an object can be known to have certain properties prior to the experience of that object. He concluded that all objects that the mind can think about must conform to its manner of thought. Therefore if the mind can think only in terms of causality鈥搘hich he concluded that it does鈥搕hen we can know prior to experiencing them that all objects we experience must either be a cause or an effect. However, it follows from this that it's possible that there are objects of such a nature that the mind cannot think of them, & so the principle of causality, for instance, cannot be applied outside experience: hence we cannot know, for example, whether the world always existed or if it had a cause. So the grand questions of speculative metaphysics are off limits, but the sciences are firmly grounded in laws of the mind. Kant believed himself to be creating a compromise between the empiricists & the rationalists. The empiricists believed that knowledge is acquired thru experience alone, but the rationalists maintained that such knowledge is open to Cartesian doubt and that reason alone provides us with knowledge. Kant argues, however, that using reason without applying it to experience will only lead to illusions, while experience will be purely subjective without first being subsumed under pure reason. Kant鈥檚 thought was very influential in Germany during his lifetime, moving philosophy beyond the debate between the rationalists & empiricists. The philosophers Fichte, Schelling, Hegel and Schopenhauer saw themselves as correcting and expanding Kant's system, thus bringing about various forms of German Idealism. Kant continues to be a major influence on philosophy to this day, influencing both Analytic and Continental philosophy.

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丕夭 賲囟賲賵賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇爻 賴丕蹖 賮賱爻賮賴 丕禺賱丕賯 賵 爻丕蹖乇 丌孬丕乇 讴丕賳鬲 丿乇 丨讴賲鬲 毓賲賱蹖 蹖丕 賮賱爻賮賴 丕禺賱丕賯 亘乇 賲蹖 丌蹖丿 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 讴丕賳鬲 丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 爻賳鬲 丿讴丕乇鬲 丿乇 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 鬲丕爻蹖爻 趩蹖夭蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕賲乇賵夭賴 诏丕賴蹖 鬲噩丿丿 ( 賲丿乇賳蹖鬲賴 ) 賵 诏丕賴蹖 丕氐丕賱鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 ( 丕賵賲丕賳蹖夭賲 ) 賳丕賲蹖丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 鬲賲丕賲 爻毓蹖 讴丕賳鬲 丿乇 賲噩丕賴丿鬲 賴丕蹖 賮賱爻賮蹖 丕卮 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲賯丿蹖乇 丕賳爻丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 丕賵 賵丕诏匕丕乇丿 爻毓丕丿鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 乇丕 賲毓賱賵賱 讴丕乇 賵 讴賵卮卮 禺賵丿 丕賵 亘丿丕賳丿 鬲賲丿賳 乇丕 倬丿蹖丿賴 丕蹖 亘卮乇蹖 賲毓乇賮蹖 讴賳丿 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 毓賯賱 乇丕 亘賴 丨丕讴賲蹖鬲 賲胤賱賯 亘乇爻丕賳丿 賴乇 趩賴 毓賳丕氐乇 睾蹖乇 毓賯賱蹖 賵 囟丿 毓賯賱蹖 丕爻鬲 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 丨匕賮 讴賳丿 賵 丕賳爻丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 賲賯丕賲 丌夭丕丿蹖 賵 丌夭丕丿诏蹖 亘乇讴卮丿 賵 丿乇 蹖讴 讴賱丕賲 丕賳爻丕賳 乇丕 丕夭 賴乇 诏賵賳賴 賵丕亘爻鬲诏蹖 乇賴丕 讴乇丿賴 亘賴 賲賯丕賲 丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱 亘乇爻丕賳丿
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December 9, 2009
禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 丕夭 賮氐賱 丿賵賲 亘賴 亘毓丿 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 丌賳 賵倬丕爻禺 亘賴 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕夭 倬乇爻卮賴丕蹖 賮賱爻賮蹖 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳賴 丕禺賱丕賯蹖丕鬲 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖 讴賳賲.
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March 11, 2016
I read this book in preparing a paper on Kant's theory of ethics along with everything else by him on the topic. The paper, which is posted on this, the 欧宝娱乐, site, was more an attempt to constructively appropriate his work as valid ethical teaching than an academic paper.
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July 30, 2020
丕诏乇 亘乇丕蹖 賲胤丕賱毓賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮乇氐鬲蹖 賳丿丕乇蹖丿 賵 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 賳爻禺賴鈥屫й� 賲禺鬲氐乇 賵 氐賵鬲蹖 賴爻鬲蹖丿貙 亘賴 卮亘讴賴 賯乇丌賳 乇噩賵毓 讴賳蹖丿.
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May 21, 2018
Kant in the vein of the essays of Montaigne and Bacon - now there's something I never imagined before! This is a great book for anyone interested in Kant's moral theory who might be intimidated or inexperienced with his obtuse terminologies and dry style. There's lots of scatterings of Latin untranslated here, so it's only plain sailing in comparison with Kant's typical writings, but anyone with a decent grasp of etymologies can understand what is meant by the context.

This book is an old edition I picked up in the library - the new Cambridge edition is double its size, so I have no idea what is said in those pages missing here, but there is a decent mix of Kant's own moral principles relayed with relative ease and, in the second half, a series of short reflections on a topic, such as 'Friendship', 'Innocence', 'Vengeance' and 'Duties towards the body in respect of sexual impulse', in case you've ever wanted to know what Kant thought on incest (nothing unorthodox). Unless you're already somewhat conservative you're unlikely to be swayed by Kant's opinions on various ethical issues nor will you be shaken by his argumentative brilliance - these passages are generally short and didactic, as lecture notes generally are. Nonetheless the candor of addressing all sorts of things unlikely to have generally mentioned in public life at the time is notable; one can admire Kant's dedication to building a rational-minded ethical system without agreeing with him on everything.

If you only want to read one work by Kant, this is a viable choice. You'll be missing out on the formulation of the categorical imperative (though one can certainly see signs of it here) and Kantian aesthetic theory, but you'll also be missing out on dense, systematized, difficult philosophical language. It might be well worth your while attend the lectures without doing the exam, so to speak.
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March 17, 2020
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亘毓丿 丕賵賳噩丕 讴賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賲爻卅賵賱蹖鬲丕賲賵賳 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇. 禺賵丿賲賵賳 丨乇賮 賲蹖夭賳賴 蹖賴 賲賯丿丕乇 賵丕爻賲 禺賳孬蹖 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 賮氐賱 賴丕蹖 亘毓丿卮 賲噩丿丿丕 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿

禺亘 蹖賴 亘禺卮 賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丨乇賮 賴丕蹖 讴丕賳鬲 鬲讴丕賲賱 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賴 賵 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 丿賯蹖賯鬲乇蹖 丕夭卮 賴爻鬲 丕賱丕賳 賲孬賱 賲乇丕丨賱 乇卮丿 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 讴賱亘乇诏 蹖丕 乇卮丿 讴賴 丨丿賵丿丕 賴賲 毓氐乇 乇賵爻賵 亘賵丿賴 賵 乇賵爻賵 鬲丕夭賴 禺賵丿卮 丕賳賯賱丕亘 乇卮丿蹖 乇賵 亘賵噩賵丿 丕賵乇丿賴
鬲賵 亘禺卮 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 "丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 " 賵 "丕賳爻丕賳 賳亘丕蹖丿" 亘蹖 丿賱蹖賱 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 丕賳鬲馗丕乇卮賵 賳丿丕卮鬲賲.賵丕爻賴 賴賲蹖賳 诏賮鬲賲 丌禺賵賳丿 亘賵丿賴

賵賱蹖 賲噩賲賵毓丕 禺蹖賱蹖 趩蹖夭丕乇賵 卮賮丕賮 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 亘賴 鬲賮氐蹖賱 亘禺卮 賴丕蹖 賲賴賲蹖 丕夭 丕禺賱丕賯 乇賵 亘丕 夭亘丕賳 賳賴 趩賳丿丕賳 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 丕蹖 亘丕夭 賲蹖讴賳賴
賳賯卮 "丕乇丕丿賴" 乇賵 鬲賵蹖 賳馗丕賲 丕禺賱丕賯蹖卮 倬乇乇賳诏 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 賯丿賲 賴丕蹖 亘夭乇诏蹖 丿乇 夭賲蹖賳賴 蹖 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲 賮賱爻賮賴 丕禺賱丕賯 亘乇賲蹖丿丕乇賴 賴乇趩賳丿 亘禺丕胤乇 卮乇丕蹖胤 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 夭賲丕賳 夭蹖爻鬲卮 蹖賴 丨乇賮丕蹖蹖卮 禺賵亘 賳蹖爻鬲

鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賵丕賯毓丕 禺賵亘賴 賴乇趩賳丿 鬲賵蹖 賲賯丿賲賴 賴賲 賲鬲乇噩賲 丿乇賲賵乇丿 趩賳丿鬲丕 丕夭 讴賱賲丕鬲卮 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿賴 賵 丕賵賳丕 亘賴 乇賵賵賳 鬲乇 賮賴賲蹖丿賳卮 讴賲讴 賲蹖讴賳賳
鬲丕 蹖丕丿賲 賳乇賮鬲賴 亘诏賲 賲賳 賴賲賴 卮 讴賱丕賮賴 賲蹖卮丿賲 丕夭 倬丕賳賵蹖爻 賴丕蹖 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 爻乇趩 讴乇丿賳 乇賵 爻禺鬲 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿 丕賲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 鬲賲賵賲 卮丿 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 丕禺乇卮 賵丕跇賴鈥屬嗀з呝� 丿丕乇賴 賵 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 讴賱賲丕鬲 賴爻鬲 賲蹖鬲賵賳蹖賳 丕夭卮 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴賳蹖賳
賵蹖乇丕爻鬲 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 賵 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 亘賵丿
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April 24, 2018
Excellent thoughts on the "conscience." I would like to read more by Kant.
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February 3, 2024
Good idea to search for ethical solutions that work for all individuals, not just you.
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July 28, 2020
Forget the Groundwork, the Lectures on Ethics should be everyone's starting point for learning Kant's ethics. Unlike Groundwork, the Lectures are not weighed down with implicit references to the critical project. Each of the lectures here stands alone, addressing a specific ethical issue without requiring background knowledge, or even any knowledge of previous lectures. Whereas the groundwork is extremely difficult to appreciate in all its depth without knowledge of the massive, highly intricate system it belongs to, the Lectures on Ethics aim to grapple with common ethical problems we face in everyday life. The issues Kant tackles here are weighty and specific - everything from self-mastery to duties towards animals, but presented in a relatively conversational manner. Kant does not come off as a pedant in these lectures, but as a wise and affable friend, attempting to impart well-earned insight.

As such, if you're a philosophy professor, and you're teaching Kant's ethics to undergraduates, I'd strongly recommend that you at least consider using this text. It's a much more sympathetic presentation of Kant's work for the neophyte.
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September 10, 2009
賮賱爻賮賴 蹖 讴丕賳鬲 亘爻蹖丕乇 賵爻蹖毓 賵 毓賲蹖賯 丕爻鬲 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘禺卮賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 噩賲毓 丕賵乇蹖 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 亘爻蹖丕乇賯丕亘賱 鬲賯丿蹖乇 丕爻鬲
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