Subsequently termed “deontological ethics”, Kant’s ethical system also laid the groundwork of moral absolutism, the belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, devoid of the context of the act. The second Critique exercised a decisive influence over the subsequent development of the field of ethics and moral philosophy, becoming the principle reference point for ethical systems that focus on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves, as opposed to the rightness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions. It follows on from his Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy. The fundamental idea of Kant’s critical philosophy especially in his three Critiques: the Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 1787), the Critique of Practical Reason (1788), and the Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790) is human autonomy.

The Critique of Practical Reason ( Kritik der praktischen Vernunft) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788. Near the end of his famous (and practically impenetrable book, The Critique of Pure Reason, he states: The whole interest of reason, speculative as well as.

Translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1829 - 1913) Download cover art Download CD case insert The Critique of Practical Reason The topics treated in the Critique of Practical Reason fall under three main areas: moral theory, freedom of the will, and the doctrine of the postulates of pure practical reason, in which practical reason provides grounds for assuming the reality of certain metaphysical ideas which could not be estab- lished theoretically.

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