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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals

12 chapters · about 31,000 words

1Part 1Free to read
2Part 2
3Part 3
4Part 4
5Part 5
6Part 6
7Part 7
8Part 8
9Part 9
10Part 10
11Part 11

Why this text is here in full

Original 1785. Abbott translation 1873; translator died 1913.

Digitised text from the source edition.

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals — read in full — Paul Maxwell