A review by stevenk
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

3.0

Kant's framework or his underlying ideas behind his inquiry into the true nature of morality, and the concept that it is the motives not the results that are relevant to the morality of human behavior. The language of my translation was a little awkward for the modern reader, it was written two hundred years ago, and gets into some deep philosophical ideas which make for a slow read, that I had to stop and reflect on. As a foundational work for western philosophy I'm glad I read it, this is what was coming out of Germany around the time the US Constitution was being drafted, but it was a little tough to get through at some parts.