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Our Pocketbook Philosophy series continues with the source of the 'Categorical Imperative', Immanuel Kant's The Metaphysics of Morals. Kant's attempt to bring morality out from the purview of a merely common, rational knowledge, into the realm of pure philosophy. The great maxim "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law." was first outlined here. Kant changed philosophy to such a degree that we add pre- or post-Kantian when discussing almost any philosophical approach or set of ideas. In The Metaphysics of Morals, Kant's most accessible work, we have the opportunity to come face to face with this approach that revolutionised the history of ideas. Old Sovereign Publishing now offers you the opportunity to add this philosophical masterpiece to your collection.