Abstract

In this article I provide an account of the difficult passage in the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, in which Kant characterises the will as 'practical reason'. I analyse six different interpretations of the aforementioned passage and I support one of them, which has not been considered by most of scholars. I argue that this interpretation is helpful to gain a better understanding of Kant's theory of action and the function of practical judgements in this theory.