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Quotation from The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics by Immanuel Kant
“It is a duty to do good to other men according to our power, whether we love them or not”
The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, XII C, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
Kant separates practical beneficence, which can be commanded, from love as feeling, which cannot.
Citation: "It is a duty to do good to other men according to our power, whether we love them or not" — Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, XII C, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. (id kant-metaphysical-elements-of-ethics-q6)
