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Book SynopsisTHE BLACKWELL GUIDE TO KANT'S
Ethics THE BLACKWELL GUIDES TO great Works
Hill has edited an excellent set of essays by both well-established and younger Kant scholars, each of which insightfully discusses fundamental themes and arguments in Kant's moral philosophy. This collection not only contributes importantly to ongoing scholarship, but it will serve as a perfect companion to upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses that feature Kant's ethics.
Mark Timmons, University of Arizona
Late in the eighteenth century, Immanuel Kant published several influential works of moral philosophy, writings that even his staunchest critics acknowledge represent the efforts of one of the most profound thinkers of the modern age.
Reflecting the philosopher's increasing stature and a resurgence in innovative scholarship, The Blackwell Guide to Kant's Ethics presents a collection of original essays that address a wide variety of topics cruc
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations of Kant’s Works
Introduction: Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
Part I: Basic Themes:
1. Good Will and the Moral Worth of Acts from Duty: Robert N. Johnson (the University of Missouri)
2. The Universal Law Formulas: Richard Galvin (Texas Christian University)
3. The Formula of Humanity as an End in Itself: Richard Dean (the American University of Beirut)
4. Autonomy and the Kingdom of Ends: Sarah Holtman (the University of Minnesota)
Part II: Argument and Critique:
5. Deriving the Supreme Moral Principle from Common Moral Ideas: Samuel J. Kerstein (the University of Maryland)
6. Why Kant Needs the Second-Person Standpoint: Stephen Darwall (Yale University)
Part III: Justice: Private, Public, and International Right:
7. Kant on Law and Justice: Arthur Ripstein (the University of Toronto)
8. Kant on Punishment: Nelson Potter (the University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
9. Kant’s Vision of a Just World Order: Thomas Pogge (Yale University; the Oslo University Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN))
Part IV: Virtue: Love, Respect, and Duties to Oneself:
10. Beneficence and Other Duties of Love in The Metaphysics of Morals: Marcia Baron (Indiana University) and Melissa Seymour Fahmy (the University of Georgia)
11. Duties to Oneself, Duties of Respect to Others: Allen Wood (Indiana University)
Part V: Retrospective:
12. Reflections on the Enduring Value of Kant’s Ethics: Arnulf Zweig (City University of New York)
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