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  DIVISIONS
  GENERALDIVISIONSOFTHEMETAPHYSICOFMORALS
  I。DIVISIONOFTHEMETAPHYSICOFMORALSASASYSTEMOF
  DUTIESGENERALLY。
  1。Alldutiesareeitherdutiesofright,thatis,juridicalduties(officiajuris),ordutiesofvirtue,thatis,ethicalduties(officiavirtutiss。ethica)。Juridicaldutiesaresuchasmaybepromulgatedbyexternallegislation;ethicaldutiesarethoseforwhichsuchlegislationisnotpossible。Thereasonwhythelattercannotbeproperlymadethesubjectofexternallegislationisbecausetheyrelatetoanendorfinalpurpose,whichisitself,atthesametime,embracedintheseduties,andwhichitisadutyfortheindividualtohaveassuch。Butnoexternallegislationcancauseanyonetoadoptaparticularintention,ortoproposetohimselfacertainpurpose;forthisdependsuponaninternalconditionoractoftheminditself。However,externalactionsconducivetosuchamentalconditionmaybecommanded,withoutitsbeingimpliedthattheindividualwillofnecessitymakethemanendtohimself。
  Butwhy,then,itmaybeasked,isthescienceofmorals,ormoralphilosophy,commonlyentitled—especiallybyCicero—thescienceofdutyandnotalsothescienceofright,sincedutiesandrightsrefertoeachother?Thereasonisthis。Weknowourownfreedom—fromwhichallmorallawsandconsequentlyallrightsaswellasalldutiesarise—onlythroughthemoralimperative,whichisanimmediateinjunctionofduty;whereastheconceptionofrightasagroundofputtingothersunderobligationhasafterwardstobedevelopedoutofit。
  2。Inthedoctrineofduty,manmayandoughttoberepresentedinaccordancewiththenatureofhisfacultyoffreedom,whichisentirelysupra—sensible。Heis,therefore,toberepresentedpurelyaccordingtohishumanityasapersonalityindependentofphysicaldeterminations(homonoumenon),indistinctionfromthesamepersonasamanmodifiedwiththesedeterminations(homophenomenon)。Hencetheconceptionsofrightandendwhenreferredtoduty,inviewofthistwofoldquality,givethefollowingdivision:
  DIVISIONOFTHEMETAPHYSICOFMORALSACCORDINGTOTHEOBJECTIVE
  RELATIONOFTHELAWOFDUTY。
  I。TheRightofHumanity。
  I。JuridicalOneselfinourownperson(juridicialDutiestoordutiestowardsoneself)PerfectOthersDutyII。TheRightofMankind。
  inothers(juridicaldutiestowardsothers。)
  III。TheEndofHumanity。
  II。EthicalOneselfinourperson(eithicaldutiesDutiestoortowardsoneself)ImperfectOthersDutyIV。TheEndofMankind。
  inothers(ethicaldutiestowardsothers。)
  II。DIVISIONOFTHEMETAPHYSICOFMORALSACCORDINGTORELATIONS
  OFOBLIGATION。
  Asthesubjectsbetweenwhomarelationofrightanddutyisapprehended—whetheritactuallyexistsornot—admitofbeingconceivedinvariousjuridicalrelationstoeachother,anotherdivisionmaybeproposedfromthispointofview,asfollows:
  DIVISIONPOSSIBLEACCORDINGTOTHESUBJECTIVERELATIONOF
  THOSEWHOBINDUNDEROBLIGATIONS,ANDTHOSEWHOARE
  BOUNDUNDEROBLIGATIONS。
  1。Thejuridicalrelationofmantobeingswhohaveneitherrightnorduty:
  Vacat。Thereisnosuchrelation,forsuchbeingsareirrational,andtheyneitherputusunderobligation,norcanwebeputunderobligationbythem。
  2。Thejuridicalrelationofmantobeingswhohavebothrightsandduties:
  Adest。Thereissucharelation,foritistherelationofmentomen。
  3。Thejuridicalrelationofmantobeingswhohaveonlydutiesandnorights:
  Vacat。Thereisnosuchrelation,forsuchbeingswouldbemenwithoutjuridicalpersonality,asslavesofbondsmen。
  4Thejuridicalrelationofmantoabeingwhohasonlyrightsandnoduties(God):
  Vacat。Thereisnosuchrelationinmerephilosophy,becausesuchabeingisnotanobjectofpossibleexperience。
  Arealrelationbetweenrightanddutyisthereforefound,inthisscheme,onlyinNo。2。ThereasonwhysuchisnotlikewisefoundinNo。4isbecauseitwouldconstituteatranscendentduty,thatis,onetowhichnocorrespondingsubjectcanbegiventhatisexternalandcapableofimposingobligation。Consequentlytherelationfromthetheoreticalpointofviewisheremerelyideal;thatis,itisarelationtoanobjectofthoughtwhichweformforourselves。Buttheconceptionofthisobjectisnotentirelyempty。Onthecontrary,itisafruitfulconceptioninrelationtoourselvesandthemaximsofourinnermorality,andthereforeinrelationtopracticegenerally。Anditisinthisbearingthatallthedutyinvolvedandpracticableforusinsuchamerelyidealrelationlies。
  III。DIVISIONOFTHEMETAPHYSICOFMORALSASASYSTEMOF
  DUTIESGENERALLY。
  Accordingtotheconstituentprinciplesandthemethodofthesystem。
  I。PrinciplesI。DutiesofRightI。PrivateRight。
  II。PublicRightII。DutiesofVirtue,etc。
  Andsoon,includingallthatrefersnotonlytothematerials,butalsotothearchitectonicformofascientificsystemofmorals,whenthemetaphysicalinvestigationoftheelementshascompletelytracedouttheuniversalprinciplesconstitutingthewhole。
  II。MethodI。DidacticsII。AsceticsGENERALINTRODUCTIONTOTHEMETAPHYSICOFMORALS
  I。THERELATIONOFTHEFACULTIESOFTHEHUMANMINDTOTHE