Autonomy, moral worth, and right : Kant on obligatory ends, respect for law, and original acquisition / Jeffrey Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Jeffrey, 1951- author.

Series:

Kantstudien. Ergänzungshefte ; Band 198.

Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte, 0340-6059 ; Band 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Metaphysik der Sitten.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book examines the surprising ramifications of Kant’s late account of practical reason’s obligatory ends as well as a revolutionary implication of his theory of property. It thereby sheds new light on Kant’s place in the history of modern moral philosophy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Sources, Abbreviations, and Translations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Obligatory Ends, Material Practical Principles, and Practical Law in Kant’s Doctrine of Morals

Chapter 1: Reason’s Lawgiving and Obligatory Ends in the Metaphysics of Morals

Chapter 2: Obligatory Ends and the Grounding of Maxims: A Key Problem in Kant’s Moral Doctrine of Ends

Chapter 3: The Principle of Self-Love and Material Practical Principles in the Critique of Practical Reason

Part II: Moral Worth and Motivation in Kant and Hume

Chapter 4: Eudaimonistic Etiology, Own-Perfection, and Moral Worth

Chapter 5: Moral Worth and Motivation in Kant’s Criticism of Sentimentalist Ethics

Part III: Kant’s Juridical Theory of Right and the Foundations of Property Law

Chapter 6: Original Community, Possession, and Acquisition in Kant’s Doctrine of Right

Chapter 7: Original Acquisition in Kant, Grotius, and Selden

Part IV: Placing Kant in his History of Moral Philosophy

Chapter 8: Kant’s Classification of Material Principles of Morality in the Critique of Practical Reason

Chapter 9: Hutcheson and Rousseau in the Development of Kant’s Doctrine of Morals

Chapter 10: Sentimentalist Ethics and Natural Law

Chapter 11: Kant and the Role of the Honestum in Sentimentalist and Rationalist Ethics

Chapter 12: Natural Right, Material Equality, and the Normative Basis of Acquisition

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-341) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110516111

311051611X

9783110517408

311051740X

OCLC:

960033283