Kyle Harrison
to-read
Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals
- Author
- Immanuel Kant
- Published
- 1785
- Pages
- 78
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Kant’s short foundation of moral philosophy, where the categorical imperative is first set out — act only on a maxim you could will to be a universal law.
Where I heard about it
- @athenaeumbc — one of ~35 old books in a stack photographed by Athenaeum Book Club (October 2026) under the line “One of the hidden benefits of reading old books is that they rescue you from the arrogance of the present.” The full stack is listed on One of the hidden benefits… (tweet).
Connections
- Immanuel Kant — author.
- Critique of Pure Reason — Kant’s larger work, already on the anti-library.
- One of the hidden benefits… (tweet) — the stack it came from.