Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Critical Essays

by Guyer, Paul; Allison, Henry; Guyer, Paul; Henrich, Dieter; Herman, Barbara; Hill, Thomas, Jr.; Korsgaard, Christine; O'Neill, Onora; Pogge, Thomas; Potter, Nelson; Schneewind, J B.; Sorrell, Tom; Wood, Allen

• ISBN13: 9780847686285
• ISBN10: 0847686280
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-11
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	vii	(2)
Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
Introduction	xi
Part I. Historical Background	3	(26)
1 Natural Law, Skepticism, and Methods of Ethics	3	(26)
J. B. Schneewind
Part II. The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative (Groundwork I)	29	(74)
2 The Argument of Kant's Groundwork, Chapter 1	29	(22)
Nelson Potter
3 Kant's Analysis of Obligation: The Argument of Groundwork I	51	(30)
Christine M. Korsgaard
4 Kant's Good Will and Our Good Nature	81	(22)
Tom Sorell
Part III. The Categorical Imperative and Its Formulations (Groundwork II)	103	(146)
5 Consistency in Action	103	(30)
Onora O'Neill
6 Mutual Aid and Respect for Persons	133	(32)
Barbara Herman
7 Humanity As End in Itself	165	(24)
Allen Wood
8 The Categorical Imperative	189	(26)
Thomas W. Pogge
9 The Possibility of the Categorical Imperative	215	(34)
Paul Guyer
Part IV. The Categorical Imperative and the Freedom of the Will (Groundwork III)	249	(94)
10 Kant's Argument for the Rationality of Moral Conduct	249	(24)
Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
11 Morality and Freedom: Kant's Reciprocity Thesis	273	(30)
Henry E. Allison
12 The Deduction of the Moral Law: The Reasons for the Obscurity of the Final Section of Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals	303	(40)
Dieter Henrich
Bibliography	343	(16)
Index	359	(8)
About the Authors	367