The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
Immanuel Kant
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The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, also known as The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals or Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals or Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals, is Immanuel Kant's first contribution to moral philosophy. It argues for an a priori basis for morality. Where the Critique of Pure Reason laid out Kant's metaphysical and epistemological ideas, this relatively short, primarily meta-ethical, work was intended to outline and define the concepts and arguments shaping his future work The Metaphysics of Morals. However, the latter work is much less readable than the Fundamental Principles. (Summary from Wikipedia) (3 hr 21 min)
Chapters
| 0 Preface | 18:39 | Read by Martin Geeson |
| 1 Transition from the common rational knowledge of morality to the philosophical | 35:47 | Read by Anna Simon |
| 2 Transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysic of morals, part 1 | 35:19 | Read by Anna Simon |
| 3 Transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysic of morals, part 2 | 37:37 | Read by Alexandre Laplante |
| 4 Transition from popular moral philosophy to the metaphysic of morals, part 3 | 36:40 | Read by Alexandre Laplante |
| 5 Final step from the metaphysic of morals to the critique of the pure practica… | 37:38 | Read by drewmore |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
The book in itself is good, the last reader read it like without understanding, pausing and stressing his sentences in a way that made it more difficult to follow him.
enlightening
Sofia peters
this is one of my favorite books. puts life into perspective for me in a sense.. love it
Martin Geeson
George Virginia
Martin Geeson is one my favoritereaders from Libravox. Too bad he didn't read the whole book.
A LibriVox Listener
Content is good. Narrator of preface makes it almost unbearable. Almost didn't make it to the first chapter.