Metaphysics of Morals

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book philosophical work

Metaphysics of Morals is Immanuel Kant’s major work of practical philosophy that systematically outlines his theory of rights, duties, and ethical obligations in both legal and moral contexts.

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Label	Occurrences
Metaphysics of Morals canonical	10
The Metaphysics of Morals	5
Die Metaphysik der Sitten	1
Kant’s practical philosophy	1
Metaphysics of Morals (1797)	1
The Metaphysics of Morals, Part I: The Doctrine of Right	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T124418 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Metaphysics of Morals
Context triple: [Immanuel Kant, notableWork, Metaphysics of Morals]

A. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical treatise that introduces his deontological moral theory and the concept of the categorical imperative.
B. Critique of Practical Reason
Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
C. Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
D. kingdom of ends
The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
E. Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Metaphysics of Morals
Target entity description: Metaphysics of Morals is Immanuel Kant’s major work of practical philosophy that systematically outlines his theory of rights, duties, and ethical obligations in both legal and moral contexts.

A. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical treatise that introduces his deontological moral theory and the concept of the categorical imperative.
B. Critique of Practical Reason
Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
C. Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
D. kingdom of ends
The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
E. Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
aimsAt	a priori principles of right and virtue ⓘ
author	Immanuel Kant ⓘ
concerns	autonomy of the will ⓘ ethical duties ⓘ freedom ⓘ imperfect duties ⓘ juridical duties ⓘ obligation ⓘ perfect duties ⓘ rightful condition (Rechtszustand) ⓘ virtue ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ linked to: Prussia
distinguishes	ethical duties from juridical duties ⓘ
dividedInto	Doctrine of Right ⓘ Doctrine of Virtue ⓘ
focusesOn	legal legislation of external actions ⓘ moral legislation of reason ⓘ systematic exposition of duties ⓘ systematic exposition of rights ⓘ
genre	legal philosophy ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ practical philosophy ⓘ
hasPart	Doctrine of Right ⓘ Doctrine of Virtue ⓘ
influenced	contemporary legal philosophy ⓘ human rights theory ⓘ modern deontological ethics ⓘ political liberalism ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
mainSubject	duties ⓘ ethical obligations ⓘ legal obligations ⓘ morality ⓘ practical reason ⓘ rights ⓘ
originalTitle	Die Metaphysik der Sitten ⓘ linked to: Metaphysics of Morals
philosophicalTradition	Kantian ethics ⓘ linked to: Kantianism deontological ethics ⓘ
positionInKantsSystem	major work of practical philosophy ⓘ
publicationCentury	18th century ⓘ
relatedWork	Critique of Practical Reason ⓘ Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ
setsOut	system of duties based on autonomy ⓘ system of rights based on freedom ⓘ
theoreticalBasis	categorical imperative ⓘ concept of duty ⓘ concept of freedom ⓘ
title	Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Immanuel Kant → notableWork → Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ

Critique of Practical Reason → relatedWork → Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ

categorical imperative → describedIn → Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ

Perpetual Peace → relatedWork → The Metaphysics of Morals ⓘ