Understanding Kant's Groundwork - Softcover

Steven M Cahn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 164792118X ISBN 13: 9781647921187

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, 2023

Synopsis

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 164792118X
• ISBN 13: 9781647921187
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120