Lectures on Ethics

by Immanuel Kant , Edited and translated by Peter Heath , Edited by J. B. Schneewind

• ISBN13: 9780521788045
• ISBN10: 0521788048
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume contains four versions of the lecture notes taken by Kant’s students of his university courses in ethics given regularly over a period of some thirty years. The notes are very complete and expound not only Kant’s views on ethics but many of his opinions on life and human nature. Much of this material has never before been translated into English. As with other volumes in the series, there are copious linguistic and explanatory notes and a glossary of key terms.

Table of Contents

General editors' preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
J. B. Schneewind
Kant's practical philosophy: Herder's lecture notes (selections)	1	(36)
Moral philosphy: Collins's lecture notes	37	(186)
Morality according to Prof. Kant: Mrongovius's second set of lecture notes (selections)	223	(26)
Kant on the metaphysics of morals: Vigilantius's lecture notes	249	(204)
Select bibliography	453	(2)
Explanations of names	455	(20)
German-English glossary	475	(13)
English-German glossary	488	(13)
Name index	501	(2)
Subject index	503