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Preface | p. ix |
Abbreviations | p. xv |
Reason | p. 1 |
What Is Kantian Ethics? | p. 1 |
Human Nature | p. 4 |
Gender and Race | p. 6 |
Rationalism | p. 12 |
Norms of Reason | p. 20 |
Moral Worth | p. 24 |
Acting from Duty | p. 25 |
Good Will | p. 31 |
The Duty to Act from Duty | p. 33 |
Duty, Feeling, and Desire | p. 34 |
Kant's Aims in the First Section of the Groundwork | p. 41 |
Ethical Theory | p. 43 |
The "Intuitional" or "Scientific" Model | p. 43 |
Doubts about this Model | p. 47 |
The "Foundational" or "Philosophical" Model | p. 54 |
The First Principle - Moral Rules or Duties - Moral Judgment | p. 60 |
The Moral Law | p. 66 |
The Concept of a Categorical Imperative | p. 67 |
Kant's Systematic Presentation of the Supreme Principle of Morality | p. 68 |
Relations among the Formulas | p. 79 |
The "Universal Formula" | p. 82 |
Humanity | p. 85 |
What Is an End in Itself? | p. 85 |
Humanity Is an End in Itself | p. 88 |
The Dignity of Humanity | p. 94 |
The Personhood of Human Beings | p. 95 |
The Moral Status of Nonrational Animals | p. 101 |
Autonomy | p. 106 |
Tensions within the Idea of Autonomy | p. 106 |
Positive and Natural Law | p. 108 |
The Author and Legislator of the Moral Law | p. 111 |
The Nature of the Will | p. 114 |
How the Will Legislates to Itself | p. 116 |
Freedom | p. 123 |
Practical Freedom | p. 124 |
Acting for Reasons | p. 127 |
Autonomy and Freedom | p. 129 |
The Fact of Reason | p. 134 |
Noumenal Freedom | p. 135 |
How to Think about Freedom | p. 138 |
Virtue | p. 142 |
Actions and Agents | p. 142 |
Virtue as Strength | p. 143 |
Virtue and Temperament | p. 146 |
Virtue, Duty, and Continence | p. 148 |
Practical Judgment and Wisdom | p. 152 |
Ideals and Principles | p. 154 |
Duties | p. 158 |
Kant's Concept of Duty | p. 158 |
The System of Duties | p. 161 |
The Principle of Ethical Duties | p. 166 |
Duties to Oneself | p. 170 |
Duties of Love and Respect | p. 175 |
Conscience | p. 182 |
Conscience as Feeling | p. 183 |
The Inner Court | p. 184 |
Conscience, Guilt, and Punishment | p. 187 |
The Duty of Self-Knowledge | p. 189 |
Social Justice | p. 193 |
Taxing the Rich to Support the Poor | p. 194 |
General Injustice | p. 198 |
Fichte on Economic Justice | p. 200 |
Kantian Ethics and Economic Right | p. 203 |
Punishment | p. 206 |
What Is Retributivism? | p. 208 |
Kant's Best Justification of Punishment | p. 213 |
Punishment and Universal Law | p. 216 |
Is Retributivism Consistent with Kantian Ethics? | p. 219 |
Sex | p. 224 |
Sexual Desire | p. 224 |
The Subjection of Women | p. 228 |
The Meaning of the Figleaf | p. 230 |
Kant's Defense of Marriage | p. 234 |
Lies | p. 240 |
Intentionally False Declarations | p. 240 |
Kant and Constant | p. 244 |
Truthfulness as an Ethical Duty to Oneself | p. 251 |
The Inner Lie | p. 255 |
Consequences | p. 259 |
Kantian Ethics vs. "Consequentialism" | p. 259 |
Good versus Evil | p. 269 |
The Limits of Ethical Theory | p. 271 |
Notes | p. 275 |
Index | p. 335 |
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