Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals

Published by De Gruyter 2006

Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals

Edited by: Christoph Horn and Dieter Schönecker
In collaboration with: Corinna Mieth

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110204551

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About this book

Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals from 1785 is one of the most important and influential texts in the whole history of philosophy. Its central purpose is to develop the categorical imperative. The present collected volume contains papers on central theoretical aspects.

Key Features:

Contributions from leading international authorities in Kant research
A reflection of the current state of research together with new aspects

Author / Editor information

Christoph Horn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany;Dieter Schönecker, Universität Siegen, Germany.

Reviews

"Overall this is an important collection. I highly recommend it to scholars and students of Kant's ethics, or to philosophers seeking insights about specific portions of the Groundwork."
Andrews Reath in: Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 08/2008

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
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Groundwork, Preface
Necessity and Apriority in Kant’s Moral Philosophy Nico Scarano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Groundwork I
The Good Without Limitation (GMS, 393…394) Allen Wood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Kant on Ends in Nature and in Human Agency Christoph Horn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Acting from Duty (GMS, 397…401) Marcia Baron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
The Derivation of the Moral Law (GMS, 402, 420f.) Harald Köhl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Groundwork II
Practical Reason Marcus Willaschek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Kant’s Hypothetical Imperatives (GMS, 417…419) Bernd Ludwig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
The Categorical Imperative and Universalizability (GMS, 421…424) Mark Timmons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Deriving the Formula of Humanity (GMS, 427…437) Samuel Kerstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Groundwork III
The Analytic Relationship of Freedom and Morality (GMS III, 1) Klaus Steigleder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
“Freedom must be presupposed as a property of the will of all rational beings” (GMS III, 2) Corinna Mieth and Jacob Rosenthal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
The Circle and the Two Standpoints (GMS III,3) Marcel Quarfood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
How is a categorical imperative possible? Dieter Schönecker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 343
Keywords: Ethics; history of philosophy; Kant; Immanuel; moral philosophy

eBook

Published: August 22, 2008
ISBN: 9783110204551

Hardcover

Published: July 18, 2006
ISBN: 9783110177077