The work itself is divided into three sections, each representing particular "transition" from one state to the next beginning from common rationality and ending with a critique of pure practical reason.
In the preface to this work, the author divides philosophy into three parts, logic, physics, and ethics. The work itself is divided into three sections, each representing particular "transition" from one state to the next beginning from common rationality and ending with a critique of pure practical reason. In the 1840 work On the Basis of Morality, Schopenhauer criticizes the author's central principle as cold and egoistic and suggests that one cannot act morally from the sense of duty alone. In order to elucidate an example of the central principle presented in this work, the author published as a supplement, On the Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns. With the fullest and most detailed explication of the author's concept of the categorical imperative being given here, for 10 points, name this foundational work of modern ethical philosophy by Immanuel Kant.
In the preface to this work, the author divides philosophy into three parts, logic, physics, and ethics.
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals [or Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten  accept variations of the word Groundwork]