Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals paperback utilitarianism

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and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone’s way of life

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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals paperback utilitarianismPublished in 1785, Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant's own words, its aim is to identify and corroborate the supreme principle of morality, the categorical imperative. He argues that human beings are ends in themselves, never to be used by anyone merely as a means and that