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Kant on the Foundation of Morality

A Modern Version of the "Grundlegung"

by Brendan E. A. Liddell

Kant on the Foundation of Morality seeks to provide, according to Brendan Liddell's original foreword: "a commentary on the Grundlegung which (a) require[s] of the reader no philosophical background, (b) provide[s] a basic explanation of the theory contained in the work, but (c) d[oes] not stray into more advanced or critical areas."

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Chapter One: Kant’s Moral Revolution
    • 1. Kant’s Moral Revolution
    • 2. The Ultimate Foundation of Morality
    • 3. Speculative and Practical Reason
    • 4. Pure Reason
    • 5. All Moral Judgments are A Priori (A Note About the Translation)
  • Chapter Two: Preface—The Purpose of the Foundation
    • 1. The Divisions of Philosophy
    • 2. Is a Metaphysics of Morals Needed?
    • 3. The Purpose of the Foundation
    • 4. Outline of the Foundation
    • 5. A Note to the Reader
  • Section I: TRANSITION FROM ORDINARY RATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF MORALITY TO PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
    • Chapter Three: Part 1—The Propositions of Moral Value
      • 1. The First Proposition of Moral Value
        • a. Reason as the Foundation for the Good Will
        • b. The Concept of Duty: the Moral “Ought”
      • 2. The Second Proposition of Moral Value
      • 3. The Third Proposition of Moral Value
      • 4. Resume
    • Chapter Four: Part 2—The Form of Law: Universality
      • 1. The Concept of Law as Law
      • 2. The Case of the Prudent Lie
      • 3. Philosophical Knowledge of Morality
      • 4. The Necessity of Proof
  • Section II: TRANSITION FROM POPULAR MORAL PHILOSOPHY TO A METAPHYSICS OF MORALS
    • Chapter Five: Part 1—Prologue to Section II
      • 1. The Structure of Section II
      • 2. Experience and the Idea of Duty
      • 3. The Need for an A Priori Investigation
      • 4. Preface
    • Chapter Six: Part 2—Practical Reason and Its Imperatives
      • 1. The Role of Practical Reason
      • 2. Imperatives
      • 3. The Two Kinds of Imperatives
      • 4. Hypothetical Imperatives: Conditional Commands of Reason
      • 5. The Categorical Imperative: the Unconditional Command of Reason
      • 6. How Are Imperatives Possible?
      • 7. How is the Categorical Imperative Possible?
      • 8. The “One” Categorical Imperative
      • 9. Summary
    • Chapter Seven: Part 3—The Three Variations of the Categorical Imperative
      • 1. Kant and Cicero
      • 2. The First Variation: A Universal Law of Nature
        • a. The Four Examples
      • 3. The Second Variation: Humanity as an End
        • a. The Four Examples
      • 4. The Third Variation: The Autonomous Will in a Possible Kingdom of Ends
      • 5. Autonomy as the Basis of Human Dignity
      • 6. Summary
    • Chapter Eight: Part 4—Autonomy and Heteronomy
      • 1. Kant’s Summary
      • 2. Autonomy and Heteronomy
      • 3. Criticism of Invalid Moral Principles
        • a. The Search for Happiness: Hedonism
        • b. The Moral Sense
        • c. The Ideal of Perfection
        • d. The Theological Principle: the Will of God
      • 4. Conclusion
  • Section III: FINAL STEP FROM THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS TO THE CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF PURE PRACTICAL REASON
    • Chapter Nine: Part 1—Freedom and Autonomy
      • 1. The Concept of Freedom
      • 2. Freedom as a Presupposition
      • 3. Why Should I Be Moral?
      • 4. The Dual Point of View
      • 5. Summary
    • Chapter Ten: Part 2—The Validity of the Moral Law
      • 1. The Justification of the Categorical Imperative
      • 2. How Good is Kant’s Proof?
      • 3. The Dialectic of Practical Reason
      • 4. How Can Reason Be Practical?
      • 5. The Limits of Practical Reason
      • 6. Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Additional Readings
  • Selected Bibliography

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  • isbn
    978-0-253-04908-7
  • publisher
    Indiana University Press
  • publisher place
    Bloomington, Indiana USA
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    CC-BY-NC-ND
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