Kant: Political Writings

by Immanuel Kant , Edited by H. S. Reiss , Translated by H. B. Nisbet

• ISBN13: 9780521398374
• ISBN10: 0521398371
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-01-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This edition includes two important texts illustrating Kants's view of history along with notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Preface to the First Edition	xi
List of Abbreviations	xv
Introduction	1	(40)
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose	41	(13)
An Answer to the Question: `What is Enlightenment?'	54	(7)
On the Common Saying: `This May be True in Theory, But it Does not Apply in Practice'	61	(32)
On the Relationship of Theory to Practice in Morality in General	64	(9)
On the Relationship of Theory to Practice in Political Right	73	(14)
On the Relationship of Theory to Practice in International Right	87	(6)
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch	93	(38)
Appendix
On the Disagreement between Morals and Politics in Relation to Perpetual Peace	116	(9)
On the Agreement between Politics and Morality according to the Transcendental Concept of Public Right	125	(6)
The Metaphysics of Morals	131	(45)
Introduction to the Theory of Right	132	(4)
The Theory of Right, Part II: Public Right	136	(40)
The contest of Faculties	176	(15)
A Renewed Attempt to Answer the Question: `Is the Human Race Continually Improving?'	177	(14)
Appendix from `The Critique of Pure Reason'	191	(1)
Transcendental Logic II, Dialectic, I, I: Of Ideas in General
Introduction to Reviews of Herder's Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind and Conjectures on the Beginning of Human History	192	(9)
Reviews of Herder's Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind	201	(20)
Conjectures on the Beginning of Human History	221	(14)
Introduction to What is Orientation in Thinking?	235	(2)
What is Orientation in Thinking?	237	(13)
Postscript	250	(23)
Notes to the Text	273	(13)
Bibliography	286	(14)
Index of Names	300	(5)
Index of Subjects	305