Kant's Metaphysics of Morals Interpretative Essays [Hardcover]

This is the only book devoted entirely toThe Metaphysics of Morals. Seventeen essays by leading contemporary Kant scholars cover such topics as Kant's views on rights, punishment, contract, practical reasoning, revolution, freedom, virtue, legislation, happiness, moral judgement, love, respect, duties to oneself, and motivation.

1. The Final Form of Kant's Practical Philosophy,Allen Wood
2. Kant's Deductions of the Principles of Right,Paul Guyer
3. Which Imperatives for Right? On the Non-Prescriptive Character of Juridicial Laws in Kant'sMetaphysics of Morals,Marcus Willaschek
4. A Kantian Justification of Possession,Kenneth Westphal
5. Kant's Theory of Contract,Sharon Byrd
6. Is Kant'sRechtslehreComprehensive?,Thomas W. Pogge
7. Whence Public Right? The Role of Theoretical and Practical Reasoning in Kant'sDoctrine of Right,Bernd Ludwig
8. Kantian Desires: Freedom of Choice and Action in theRechtslehre,Katrin Flikschuh
9. Revolution, Contradiction, and Kantian Citizenship,Sarah Williams Holtman
10. Punishment, Conscience, and Moral Worth,Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
11. Motive and Rightness in Kant's Ethical System,Mark Timmons
12. The Inner Freedom of Virtue,Stephen Engstrom
13. Happiness as a Natural End,Robert N. Johnson
14. Instituting Principles: Between Duty and Action,Onora O'Neill
15. Self-Legislation and Duties to Oneself,Andrews Reath
16. Duties to Oneself, Motivational Internalism, and Self-Deception in Kant's Ethics,Nelson Potter
17. Love and Respect in theDoctrine of Virtue,Marcia Baron
Bibliography, Index

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