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( From the Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory )

And this will end my second reading of the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. It's been really incredible to read, and though I have some nagging doubts about the applicability of these theories, these supreme principles, to human action, it's still a beautiful thought-castle. Also, even if the principles aren't directly applicable, they ( Read more... )

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Kant just blew my mind. I remember, once upon a time, that I criticized Kant and other philosophers (probably without deeply understanding them) for building thought-castles, but that stood on no solid structure. Well, I just read through the second part of Kant's The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and I realized that what he just ( Read more... )