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Quotation from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
“Put the case that the mind of that philanthropist were clouded by sorrow of his own, extinguishing all sympathy with the lot of others”
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, First Section, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1889)
The sorrowing philanthropist, whose beneficence acquires moral worth when he acts from duty despite numbness.
Citation: "Put the case that the mind of that philanthropist were clouded by sorrow of his own, extinguishing all sympathy with the lot of others" — Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, First Section, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1889). (id groundwork-of-the-metaphysics-of-morals-q4)
Portrait: Immanuel Kant - Gemaelde 2, Becker, Public domain.
