Practical Philosophy by Immanuel
Kant
The Definitive Edition Of Kant's Practical Works
This is the first English translation of all of Kants writings on moral and
political philosophy collected in a single volume. No other collection
competes with the comprehensiveness of this one. As well as Kants most
famous moral and political writings, the Groundwork to the Metaphysics of
Morals, the Critique of Practical Reason, the Metaphysics of Morals, and
Toward Perpetual Peace, the volume includes shorter essays and reviews,
some of which have never been translated before. There is also an
English-German and German-English glossary of key terms.
Personal Review: Practical Philosophy by Immanuel Kant
This volume should become the indispensable English-language edition of
Kant's practical works. The translations contained in this edition are top-
notch, which is not to say that I agree with all the decisions made by Mary
Gregor, the primary translator. However, unlike, say, the Cambridge
Edition translations of the First and Third Critiques, Gregor's translations
are arguably categorically better than all other English translations. I

personally do not believe that to be the case, but the point is that such a
case can plausibly be made, whereas it cannot be said with equal
plausibility that the Guyer-Wood translation of the First Critique is
categorically better than the Kemp Smith translation (I know others would
beg to differ, but this is not the place to take up my disagrements with
them; I would merely stress that I do not deny that Guyer-Wood have
made many improvements over Kemp Smith).Furthermore, the inclusion of
The Metaphysics of Morals in its entirety ought to alleviate a certain one-
sidedness in most treatments of Kant in introductory survey courses of the
history of moral/political philosophy. These courses typically concentrate
on the Grounding and the shorter essays--understandably so, given time
contraints. Occasionally the Second Critique will be touched upon. Nor is
this one-sidedness confined to survey or even advanced undergraduate
courses. I have taken three graduate seminars on Kant and one on
German Idealism in three departments at two different universities, and not
once did I ever read The Metaphysics of Morals in its entirety. The student
who wishes to gain a complete picture of Kant will be glad to have this
important work included.The convenience of having good translations of
foundational works, unabridged and collected in a single volume, cannot
be overstated. Every serious student of Kant, German Idealism, or moral
or practical philosophy ought to own this book.
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