Autonomy, Moral Worth, and Right: Kant on Obligatory Ends, Respect for Law, and Original Acquisition

Jeffrey Edwards

Published by De Gruyter 2018

Autonomy, Moral Worth, and Right

Kant on Obligatory Ends, Respect for Law, and Original Acquisition

Jeffrey Edwards

Volume 198 in the series Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110517408

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This book examines the surprising ramifications of Kant’s late account of practical reason’s obligatory ends as well as a revolutionary implication of his theory of property. It thereby sheds new light on Kant’s place in the history of modern moral philosophy.

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Jeffrey Edwards, Stony Brook University, New York, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Note on Sources, Abbreviations, and Translations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Obligatory Ends, Material Practical Principles, and Practical Law in Kant’s Doctrine of Morals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 1: Reason’s Lawgiving and Obligatory Ends in the Metaphysics of Morals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2: Obligatory Ends and the Grounding of Maxims: A Key Problem in Kant’s Moral Doctrine of Ends Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 3: The Principle of Self-Love and Material Practical Principles in the Critique of Practical Reason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Part II: Moral Worth and Motivation in Kant and Hume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Chapter 4: Eudaimonistic Etiology, Own-Perfection, and Moral Worth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter 5: Moral Worth and Motivation in Kant’s Criticism of Sentimentalist Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Part III: Kant’s Juridical Theory of Right and the Foundations of Property Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 6: Original Community, Possession, and Acquisition in Kant’s Doctrine of Right Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter 7: Original Acquisition in Kant, Grotius, and Selden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Part IV: Placing Kant in his History of Moral Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Chapter 8: Kant’s Classification of Material Principles of Morality in the Critique of Practical Reason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Chapter 9: Hutcheson and Rousseau in the Development of Kant’s Doctrine of Morals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Chapter 10: Sentimentalist Ethics and Natural Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Chapter 11: Kant and the Role of the Honestum in Sentimentalist and Rationalist Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Chapter 12: Natural Right, Material Equality, and the Normative Basis of Acquisition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	322
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, institutes, libraries
Pages
- Main content: 340
Keywords: Kant; Immanuel; ethics; natural law

eBook

Published: November 7, 2017
ISBN: 9783110517408

Hardcover

Published: November 7, 2017
ISBN: 9783110516067

Paperback

Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110653489