Acknowledgements; Introductory note: text and translation; Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Vorrede Preface; Erster Abschnitt First section; Zweyter Abschnitt Second section; Dritter Abschnitt Third section; Editorial notes; Index.
The first facing-page German-English edition of the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant's central contribution to modern moral philosophy.
Jens Timmermann is Senior Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Kant's 'Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals': A Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and of Kant's 'Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals': A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
'It has taken more than two centuries, but at last we have a
bilingual edition of the most important work in modern moral
philosophy. On the left is the most authentic and accurate edition
of Kant's original text currently available; on the right is a
respectfully revised version of Mary Gregor's canonical translation
of the Groundwork that makes her fine work even more precise. This
is by far the best edition of the Groundwork for English-speaking
students and scholars that has ever been produced.' Paul Guyer,
University of Pennsylvania
'Anybody studying Kant's celebrated Groundwork will want to use
Jens Timmermann's new facing-page edition. The constant need to
refer to and fro between text and translation, with differing
pagination and conventions, is over. Here we have German and
English on facing pages and high reliability and fluency in the
translation.' Onora O'Neill, University of Cambridge
'Jens Timmermann's idea and effort to provide a German-English
edition of Kant's Groundwork cannot be applauded enough. Just as
those who in principle can read Latin will be grateful to have a
translation at hand that will help them through the text, readers
of Kant's Groundwork will be grateful to be provided an edition
that allows them to compare the original text on the left side with
its translation on the right, line by line … it is to be hoped that
this book finds many readers, both in introductory and advanced
classes. Bilingual editions are a very important enterprise, and
Timmermann deserves the highest praise for introducing such an
edition for English-speaking Kant research.' Archiv für Geschichte
der Philosophie
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