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Kant's Metaphysics of Morals Mark Timmons (, Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis)

Kant's Metaphysics of Morals By Mark Timmons (, Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis)

Kant's Metaphysics of Morals by Mark Timmons (, Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis)

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Topics in this volume include: the final form of Kant's practical philosophy; Kant's deductions of the principles of right; the non-prescriptive character of juridicial laws in Kant's "Metaphysics of Morals"; a Kantian justification of possession; and Kant's theory of contract.

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Kant's Metaphysics of Morals: Interpretative Essays by Mark Timmons (, Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis)

Studies of Kant's moral and political philosophy have increasingly focused on his last major work in ethics, "The Metaphysics of Morals". This work is here discussed in 17 essays by leading contemporary Kant scholars, most of them specially written for this volume. They cover a broad range of topics, including Kant's views on rights, punishment, contract, practical reasoning, revolution, freedom, virtue, legislation, happiness, moral judgement, love, respect, duties to oneself, and motivation. Focusing solely on "Metaphysics of Morals" the book is intended as a significant contribution to contemporary moral and political philosophy.

About Mark Timmons (, Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis)

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis.

Table of Contents

1. The Final Form of Kant's Practical Philosophy ; 2. Kant's Deductions of the Principles of Right ; 3. Which Imperatives for Right? On the Non-Prescriptive Character of Juridicial Laws in Kant's Metaphysics of Morals ; 4. A Kantian Justification of Possession ; 5. Kant's Theory of Contract ; 6. Is Kant's Rechtslehre Comprehensive? ; 7. Whence Public Right? The Role of Theoretical and Practical Reasoning in Kant's Doctrine of Right ; 8. Kantian Desires: Freedom of Choice and Action in the Rechtslehre ; 9. Revolution, Contradiction, and Kantian Citizenship ; 10. Punishment, Conscience, and Moral Worth ; 11. Motive and Rightness in Kant's Ethical System ; 12. The Inner Freedom of Virtue ; 13. Happiness as a Natural End ; 14. Instituting Principles: Between Duty and Action ; 15. Self-Legislation and Duties to Oneself ; 16. Duties to Oneself, Motivational Internalism, and Self-Deception in Kant's Ethics ; 17. Love and Respect in the Doctrine of Virtue ; Bibliography, Index

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NPB9780198250098
9780198250098
0198250096
Kant's Metaphysics of Morals: Interpretative Essays by Mark Timmons (, Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis)
Mark Timmons (, Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis)
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Oxford University Press
2002-03-07
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