Kant's Groundwork for the metaphysics of morals : a commentary / Henry E. Allison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allison, Henry E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten--English.

Kant, Immanuel.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 377 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Henry E. Allison presents a comprehensive commentary on Kant's 'Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals' (1785). Allison pays special attention to the structure of the work and its historical and intellectual context.

Contents:

pt. 1. Preliminaries. The nature of and need for a metaphysic of morals: an analysis of the preface of GMS

Universal practical philosophy and popular moral philosophy

pt. 2. GMS 1. The good will

Maxims and moral worth redux

Kant's three propositions, the supreme principle of morality, and the need for moral philosophy

pt. 3. GMS 2. Rational agency and imperatives

The universal law (FUL) and the law of nature (FLN)

The formula of humanity (FH)

Autonomy, heteronomy, and constructing the categorical imperative

pt. 4. GMS 3. The moral law, the categorical imperative, and the reciprocity thesis

The presupposition of freedom, the circle, and the two standpoints

The deduction of the categorical imperative and the outermost boundary of practical philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-372) and index.

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Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-173180-3

0-19-969153-3

OCLC:

775504572