Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
by Immanuel Kant
1785
ISBN/ASIN: 1604500956
Number of pages: 396
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How should human beings behave toward one another? How must we behave? One of the most influential thinkers of the Western civilization, a man who profoundly shaped the mind-set of the modern world, Immanuel Kant developed his "Categorical Imperative" as a philosophical proof of the "Golden Rule," and in this 1873 essay, he elaborates upon and defends his understanding of the logical underpinnings of all human morality.
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