Kant on Freedom, Law, and Happiness
Paperback
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ISBN-13:
9780521654210
Veröffentl:
2004
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
20.12.2004
Seiten:
456
Autor:
Paul Guyer
Gewicht:
735 g
Format:
229x152x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Guyer revises the traditional interpretation of Kant's philosophy and shows how Kant's coherent liberalism can guide us in current debates.
Guyer revises the traditional interpretation of Kant's philosophy and shows how Kant's coherent liberalism can guide us in current debates.
Introduction; Acknowledgments; Note on translations and citations; Part I. Origins: 1. Mendelssohn and Kant: one source of the critical philosophy; 2. The unity of reason: pure reason as practical reason in Kant's early conception of the transcendental dialectic; 3. Freedom as the 'inner value of the world'; Part II. Principles: 4. Kant's Morality of Law and Morality of Freedom; 5. The possibility of the Categorical imperative; 6. The strategy of the Groundwork; Part III. Duties: 7. Kantian foundations for Liberalism; 8. Life, Liberty, and property: Rawls and Kant; 9. Moral worth, virtue and merit; Part IV. Hopes: 10. From a practical point of view: Kant's conception of a postulate of pure practical reason; 11. Nature, freedom and happiness: the third proposition of Kant's 'Idea for a Universal History'; 12. Nature, morality and the possibility of peace; Index.