At one point, this work asks if putting a lustful man in front of a gallows and threatening to execute him could stop him from fornicating.
At one point, this work asks if putting a lustful man in front of a gallows and threatening to execute him could stop him from fornicating. Scholars cite this work using the Academy pagination numbers from 5:3 (five three) through 5:163. Three nameless Theorems in this book argue that "determining grounds for the will" can include the mere form in which a principle is posited, not just its matter. This work introduces its author's idea of the summum bonum as the joining of virtue with happiness. This work's conclusion notes that humans find awe in two things: "the starry heavens above, and the (*) moral law within," after showing that the title concept compels us to believe in God's existence, free will, and the immortality of the soul. This work is meant to establish, rather than delimit, the "pure" subtype of the title mental faculty. For 10 points, name this shortest in a series of three philosophical texts, a more abstract treatment of duty-based moral philosophy than the author's earlier Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals.
At one point, this work asks if putting a lustful man in front of a gallows and threatening to execute him could stop him from fornicating.
Critique of Practical Reason [or Kritik der praktischen Vernunft]