Immanuel Kant's <i>Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals</i>: A Commentary

Dieter Schönecker; Allen W. Wood

book: Immanuel Kant's <i>Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals</i>

Published by Harvard University Press 2014

Immanuel Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals

A Commentary

Dieter Schönecker and Allen W. Wood

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674736214

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About this book

A defining work of moral philosophy, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals has been highly influential and famously difficult. Dieter Schönecker and Allen Wood make clear the ways this work forms the basis of our modern moral outlook and how moral law relates to freedom and free will within Kant’s overall philosophy.

Author / Editor information

Schönecker Dieter :

Dieter Schönecker is Professor of Philosophy at Universität Siegen.Wood Allen W. :

Allen W. Wood is Ruth Normal Halls Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, and Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor, Emeritus, at Stanford University.

Reviews

Dieter Schönecker and Allen W. Wood highlight in this book Kant’s most important and moving ideas, above all his idea of the incomparable worth of human autonomy, while pulling no punches about the shortcomings of Kant’s arguments. They carefully explicate and disambiguate Kant’s central concepts and discuss in detail the most notorious problems of interpretation. Kant’s little book is dense and obscure at some of the most crucial points. Students always need a commentary, and this one is very welcome indeed.
-- Paul Guyer, Brown University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Kant’s Preface: The Metaphysics of Morals and the Strategy of the Groundwork Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Section I of the Groundwork: The Good Will, Duty, and the Derivation of the Categorical Imperative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. Section II of the Groundwork: Practical Reason, Imperatives, and Kant’s Formulas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
4. Section III of the Groundwork: The Deduction of the Categorical Imperative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
5. Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 228

eBook

Published: January 5, 2015
ISBN: 9780674736214