Kant’s Best Ideas -- and Worst

I. Kant’s texts

Kant, Immanuel. 1996a. Practical Philosophy. Edited and translated by Mary J. Gregor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (G). Critique of Practical Reason (CpracR), Metaphysics of Morals (MM), DR = Doctrine of Right, DV = Doctrine of VirtueSearch in Google Scholar

Kant, Immanuel. 1996b. Religion and Rational Theology. Edited and translated by Allen W. Wood and George di Giovanni. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Religion within the Bounds of Mere Reason (RBMR) translated by George di Giovanni.Search in Google Scholar

Kant, Immanuel. 1998. Critique of Pure Reason (CpuR). Edited and translated by Paul Guyer and Allen W. Wood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Search in Google Scholar

Kant, Immanuel. 2000. Critique of the Power of Judgment (CPR). Edited by Paul Guyer, translated by Paul Guyer and Eric Matthews. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Search in Google Scholar

Kant, Immanuel. 2002. Theoretical Philosophy after 1781. Edited by Henry Allison and Peter Heath, translated by Gary Hatfield, Michael Friedman, Henry Allison, and Peter Heath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics translated by Gary Hatfield.Search in Google Scholar

II. Other sources

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