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Kant's 'Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals' A Critical Guide

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ISBN-10: 0521878012

ISBN-13: 9780521878012

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jens Timmermann

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List price: $76.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/24/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 244
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

Jens Timmermann is Reader in Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Sittengesetz und Freiheit (2003). He is the editor of Kant's Critique of Practical Reason: A Critical Guide (with Andrews Reath, Cambridge University Press, 2010) and of Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

List of contributors
List of translations and abbreviations
Introduction
Ethics and anthropology in the development of Kant's moral philosophy
Happiness in the Groundwork
Acting from duty: inclination, reason and moral worth
Making the law visible: the role of examples in Kant's ethics
The moral law as causal law
Dignity and the formula of humanity
Kant's kingdom of ends: metaphysical, not political
Kant against the 'spurious principles of morality'
Autonomy and impartiality: Groundwork III
Problems with freedom: Kant's argument in Groundwork III and its subsequent emendations
Freedom and reason in Groundwork III
Bibliography
Index