Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: with On a Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns (Rethinking the Western Tradition) (Academy Library)

by Immanuel Kant

James W. Ellington (Translator)

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This expanded edition of James Ellington's preeminent translation includes Ellington's new translation of Kant's essay Of a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of disastrous consequences.
  • ISBN13 9780872201668
  • Publish Date 15 June 1993 (first published 30 December 1964)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 92
  • Language English