An introduction to Kant's moral philosophy /
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| Author / Creator: | Uleman, Jennifer K. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. |
| Description: | ix, 189 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209310 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: the strange thing
- The strange thing
- The free rational will
- The value of free rational will
- The importance of the strange thing for moral philosophy
- 2. A sketch of Kantian will: desire and the human subject
- Desire, choice, will
- Desire and the human subject
- 3. A sketch continued: the structure of practical reason
- Will as practical reason: practical rules, laws, and principles
- Maxims, or subjective practical principles
- Grounds for action: the representation in a principle of something as good
- Imperatives
- Pure practical reason, or the possibility of a categorical imperative
- 4. A sketch completed: freedom
- An overview of the free Kantian will
- The free Kantian will in more detail
- Rational freedom
- 5. Against nature: Kant's argumentative strategy
- The problem
- Kant's understanding of nature
- Kant's common-sense case against a natural foundation for morality
- Kant against nature
- 6. The categorical imperative: free will willing itself
- Kant's formalism
- Kant's categorical imperative: its form and its content
- Free will willing itself
- 7. What's so good about the good Kantian will? The appeals of the strange thing
- Introduction
- The good of free rational willing
- 8. Conclusion: Kant and the goodness of the good will
- Bibliography
- Works by Kant
- Newer titles of note
- Works cited
- Index