These works articulate the most fundamental principles of Kant’s ethical and political world-view. "What is Enlightenment?" (1784) and "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics...

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) ist bis heute einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen. Die "Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten" ist eine der wichtigsten Schriften Immanuel Kants. Sie...

Kant establishes a pure moral philosophy, arguing that the only thing good without qualification is a "good will." He develops the concept of the Categorical Imperative, a rule...

The Critique of Practical Reason follows on from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy. The second Critique exercised a decisive influence over the...

Dopo un periodo che gli studiosi chiamano "precritico", in cui meditò sia sui testi dei filosofi empiristi – in particolare Hume –, sia sulle opere...

La pedagogia è la scienza che studia i problemi teorici e metodologici relativi al processo educativo. Kant ha insegnato pedagogia dimostrando che l'educazione debba...

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785; German: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten; also known as the Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Grounding of the...

Darf man im Notfall lügen? Etwa um einen Mord zu verhindern? Stellen Sie sich vor, ein Kopfgeldjäger frage Sie, ob der von ihm Verfolgte zu Hause sei. Wäre es hier nicht...

Kant argues that while theoretical reason cannot prove the existence of God or freedom, practical reason demands them as necessary postulates for moral action. He posits that the...

Become familiar with the most important modern philosophers, Friedrich Nietzsche, Emmanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard and Arthur Schopenhauer. These four figures have shaped the...