1st Edition
Immanuel Kant Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals in Focus
Edited By Lawrence Pasternack
Copyright 2002
290 Pages
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Routledge
296 Pages
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Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals^ is one of the most important works of moral philosophy ever written, and Kant's most widely read work. It attempts to demonstrate that morality has its foundation in reason and that our wills are free from both natural necessity and the power of desire. It is here that Kant sets out his famous and controversial 'categorical imperative', which forms the... Read more
Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- Introduction/LAWRENCE PASTERNACK -- Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals/IMMANUEL KANT -- Kant’s theory of practical reason/THOMAS HILL JR -- Kant’s analysis of obligation: the argument of Groundwork I/CHRISTINE KORSGAARD -- Consistency in action/ONORA O’NEILL -- Morality and freedom: Kant’s Reciprocity Thesis/HENRY ALLISON -- Kant’s theory of moral sensibility: Respect for the Moral Law and the influence of inclination/ANDREWS REATH -- Kant’s Third Antinomy and anomalous monism/HUD HUDSON -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Biography
Lawrence Pasternack is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University.
