Author : Jens Timmermann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521878012
This volume discusses Kant's philosophical development in the Groundwork and his attempt to justify the categorical imperative as a principle of freedom.
Author : Jens Timmermann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 37,12 MB
Release : 2007-06-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139464191
The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's central contribution to moral philosophy, and has inspired controversy ever since it was first published in 1785. Kant champions the insights of 'common human understanding' against what he sees as the dangerous perversions of ethical theory. Morality is revealed to be a matter of human autonomy: Kant locates the source of the 'categorical imperative' within each and every human will. However, he also portrays everyday morality in a way that many readers find difficult to accept. The Groundwork is a short book, but its argument is dense, intricate and at times treacherous. This commentary explains Kant's arguments paragraph by paragraph, and also contains an introduction, a synopsis of the argument, six short interpretative essays on key topics of the Groundwork, and a glossary of key terms. It will be an indispensable tool for anyone wishing to study the Groundwork in detail.
Author : Sally Sedgwick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2008-06-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139471678
Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals of 1785 is one of the most profound and important works in the history of practical philosophy. In this introduction to the Groundwork, Sally Sedgwick provides a guide to Kant's text that follows the course of his discussion virtually paragraph by paragraph. Her aim is to convey Kant's ideas and arguments as clearly and simply as possible, without getting lost in scholarly controversies. Her introductory chapter offers a useful overview of Kant's general approach to practical philosophy, and she also explores and clarifies some of the main assumptions which Kant relies on in his Groundwork but defends in his Critique of Pure Reason. The book will be a valuable guide for all who are interested in Kant's practical philosophy.
Author : Henry E. Allison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 23,82 MB
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199691533
Henry E. Allison presents a comprehensive commentary on Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785). Allison pays special attention to the structure of the work and its historical and intellectual context. He argues that, despite its relative brevity, the Groundwork is the single most important work in modern moral philosophy.
Author : Lara Denis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 21,96 MB
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139492632
Immanuel Kant's Metaphysics of Morals (1797), containing the Doctrine of Right and Doctrine of Virtue, is his final major work of practical philosophy. Its focus is not rational beings in general but human beings in particular, and it presupposes and deepens Kant's earlier accounts of morality, freedom and moral psychology. In this volume of newly-commissioned essays, a distinguished team of contributors explores the Metaphysics of Morals in relation to Kant's earlier works, as well as examining themes which emerge from the text itself. Topics include the relation between right and virtue, property, punishment, and moral feeling. Their diversity of questions, perspectives and approaches will provide new insights into the work for scholars in Kant's moral and political theory.
Author : Immanuel Kant
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300128150
Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important texts in the history of ethics. In it Kant searches for the supreme principle of morality and argues for a conception of the moral life that has made this work a continuing source of controversy and an object of reinterpretation for over two centuries. This new edition of Kant’s work provides a fresh translation that is uniquely faithful to the German original and more fully annotated than any previous translation. There are also four essays by well-known scholars that discuss Kant’s views and the philosophical issues raised by the Groundwork. J.B. Schneewind defends the continuing interest in Kantian ethics by examining its historical relation both to the ethical thought that preceded it and to its influence on the ethical theories that came after it; Marcia Baron sheds light on Kant’s famous views about moral motivation; and Shelly Kagan and Allen W. Wood advocate contrasting interpretations of Kantian ethics and its practical implications.
Author : Paul Guyer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0585080720
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important works in modern moral philosophy. This collection of essays, the first of its kind in nearly thirty years, introduces the reader to some of the most important studies of the book from the past two decades, arranged in the form of a collective commentary.
Author : Immanuel Kant
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Ethics
ISBN :
Author : Lawrence Pasternack
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000082857
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 basis of his moral theory. This book is an essential guide to the groundwork and the many important and profound claims that Kant raises. The book combines an invaluable introduction to the work offering an exploration of these arguments and setting them in the context of Kant's thinking, along with the complete H.J Paton translation of the work, and a selection of six of the best contemporary commentaries. It is the ideal companion for all students of Kantian ethics and anyone interested in moral philosophy. _ _ _
Author : Immanuel Kant
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Ethics
ISBN :
