[Critical Essays on the Classics 01] • Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Guyer, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I - Historical Background

1 - Natural Law, Skepticism, and Methods of Ethics

Notes

Part II - The Good Will and the Categorical Imperative (Groundwork I)

2 - The Argument of Kant’s Groundwork, Chapter 1

I II III IV V Notes

3 - Kant’s Analysis of Obligation: The Argument of Groundwork I

I. The Normativity of Morality II. Hume’s Dilemma III. The Argument of Groundwork I Notes

4 - Kant’s Good Will and Our Good Nature

I II III IV Notes

Part III - The Categorical Imperative and Its Formulations (Groundwork II)

5 - Consistency in Action

Universality Tests in Autonomous and in Heteronomous Ethics Maxims and Moral Categories Inconsistency Without Universalizing Inconsistency in Universalizing Contradictions in Conception Contradictions in the Will Contradictions in the Will and Further Results Conclusions Notes

6 - Mutual Aid and Respect for Persons

I II III IV Notes

7 - Humanity As End in Itself

1. What Is an ‘End in Itself’? 2. Kant’s Argument for the Formula of Humanity 3. Applying the Formula of Universal Law Notes

8 - The Categorical Imperative

1. Universalizability 2. An Objection 3. The Second Formula 4. The Third Formula 5. Conclusion Notes

9 - The Possibility of the Categorical Imperative

1. The Formulations of the Categorical Imperative and Their Problems 2. The Principle of Universal Law 3. The Principle of Humanity As an End in Itself 4. The Principles of Autonomy and of the Kingdom of Ends Notes

Part IV - The Categorical Imperative and the Freedom of the Will (Groundwork III)

10 - Kant’s Argument for the Rationality of Moral Conduct

I. Aims of the Argument and Possible Reasons for Its Neglect II. The Structure of the Argument III. From Negative Freedom to Autonomy IV. From Rational Agency to Negative Freedom V. From Autonomy to Morality Notes

11 - Morality and Freedom: Kant’s Reciprocity Thesis

I II III IV V VI VII Notes

I. The Task of the Groundwork II. Critique of Pure Practical Reason III. Logical and Transcendental Freedom IV. The Intelligible and the Moral World V. The Inexplicability of the Interest VI. Deduction or Proof? VII. Deduction of the Law or Deduction of Freedom? VIII. The Presupposition of the Will Notes

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