Kant's Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals : a critical guide / edited by Jens Timmermann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Timmermann, Jens, editor.

Series:

Cambridge critical guides.

Cambridge critical guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Kant, Immanuel.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant portrays the supreme moral principle as an unconditional imperative that applies to all of us because we freely choose to impose upon ourselves a law of pure practical reason. Morality is revealed to be a matter of autonomy. Today, this approach to ethical theory is as perplexing, controversial and inspiring as it was in 1785, when the Groundwork was first published. The essays in this volume, by international Kant scholars and moral philosophers, discuss Kant's philosophical development and his rejection of earlier moral theories, the role of happiness and inclination in the Groundwork, Kant's moral metaphysics and theory of value, and his attempt to justify the categorical imperative as a principle of freedom. They reflect the approach of several schools of interpretation and illustrate the lively diversity of Kantian ethics today.

Contents:

Ethics and anthropology in the development of Kant's moral philosophy / Manfred Kuehn

Happiness in the Groundwork / Alison Hills

Acting from duty : inclination, reason and moral worth / Jens Timmermann

Making the law visible : the role of examples in Kant's ethics / Robert B. Louden

The moral law as causal law / Robert N. Johnson

Dignity and the formula of humanity / Oliver Sensen

Kant's kingdom of ends : metaphysical, not political / Katrin Flikschuh

Kant against the 'spurious principles of morality' / J.B. Schneewind

Autonomy and impartiality : Groundwork III / John Skorupski

Problems with freedom : Kant's argument in Groundwork III and its subsequent emendations / Paul Guyer

Freedom and reason in Groundwork III / Frederick Rauscher.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-231) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-84813-7

1-107-21085-2

1-282-65171-4

9786612651717

0-511-76924-5

0-511-76701-3

0-511-77008-1

0-511-76562-2

0-511-77076-6

0-511-76840-0

OCLC:

645098340