Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant and translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott...... Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (German: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten; 1785; also known as the Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals and the Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals) is the first of Immanuel Kant's mature works on moral philosophy and remains one of the most influential in the field. Kant conceives his investigation as a work of foundational ethics