Understanding Kant's Groundwork
Steven M. Cahn
May 2023 · Hackett Publishing
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Immanuel Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the history of moral philosophy. Indeed, any student of ethics will soon encounter a translation of the book, although trying to read it is likely to cause bewilderment. What, one may ask, is Kant trying to say? This book provides the answers. Here, seven highly regarded teachers and scholars of Kant's ethics offer remarkably clear explanations of the most important concepts in the Groundwork: the good will, happiness, duty, hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the Formula of Universal Law, the Formula of Humanity, and freedom.
Contents:
Contents:
- Preface
- The Good Will, Nataliya Palatnik
- Happiness, Anne Margaret Baxley
- Duty, Laura Papish
- Imperatives, Tamar Schapiro
- The Formula of Universal Law, Kyla Ebels-Duggan
- The Formula of Humanity, Japa Pallikkathayil
- Freedom, Lucy Allais
- About the Contributors
- Index
About the author
Nataliya Palatnik is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. Anne Margaret Baxley is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Laura Papish is Associate Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University. Tamar Schapiro is Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kyla Ebels-Duggan is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Japa Pallikkathayil is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. Lucy Allais is Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and the University of the Witwatersr and, Johannesburg. Steven M. Cahn is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
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