Kant for Beginners. The Categorical Imperative
Anyone wishing—or indeed needing—to track down Kant’s famous "Categorical Imperative" in the original texts will find here a helpful guide to embarking on a fascinating, yet challenging, read.
This book offers an invitation to embark—alongside an experienced reader—on a journey that, while not without its challenges, allows you to familiarize yourself step-by-step with the philosopher’s distinctive terminology, ultimately equipping you to tackle his ethical works yourself with both pleasure and profit. For there is no shame in being a beginner in philosophy—quite the contrary: acknowledging this status is the first milestone toward moving beyond it, and the means to do so are found in this volume.
Rights sold: Italy, Korea
Genre: Philosophy / Religion, Non-Fiction
128 pages,
ISBN: 978-3-423-30144-2
First published 1999