Quote: practical knowledge is what is possible through free will

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I term all that is possible through free will, practical. ... On the other hand, pure practical laws, the ends of which have been given by reason entirely a priori, and which are not empirically conditioned, but are, on the contrary, absolutely imperative in their nature, would be products of pure reason. Such are the moral laws; and these alone belong to the sphere of the practical exercise of reason, and admit of a canon.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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Quote: moral laws alone belong to the sphere of the practical exercise of reason

Quote: moral laws admit of a canon of absolute imperatives derived through pure reason

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