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I'm new to Kant, and I'm reading a collection of his works that I found online. The collection begins with _The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics_, translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. I can't find any information about the work, so I thought I'd see if you guys could provide some context. Thanks!
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May 4, 2011

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Douglas Burnham
May 5, 2011 (changed May 5, 2011) Permalink

This is Abbott's translation of the preface and introduction to Kant's 'Metaphysical First Principles of the Doctrive of Virtue'. This was published in 1797, shortly after the 'Metaphysical First Principles of the Doctrine of Right'. These two short books of first principles are now normally published together as the 'Metaphysics of Morals'. So, the book you are asking about represents approximately one sixth of the whole publication of 1797. (BTW, where the date 1780, normally printed along with Abbott's translation comes from, I have no idea.)

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