Kant's Moral and Legal Philosophy [Paperback]

This collection brings together in translation the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Kant's moral and legal philosophy.This collection brings together in translation for the first time the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Kants moral and legal philosophy. Several essays are devoted to central issues in each of Kants major works in practical philosophy: The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals. This is one of the very few books that give English readers a direct view of how leading German philosophers now regard one of the outstanding achievements of German thought: Kants revolutionary practical philosophy.This collection brings together in translation for the first time the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Kants moral and legal philosophy. Several essays are devoted to central issues in each of Kants major works in practical philosophy: The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals. This is one of the very few books that give English readers a direct view of how leading German philosophers now regard one of the outstanding achievements of German thought: Kants revolutionary practical philosophy.This volume brings to English readers the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Kants moral and legal philosophy. Examining Kants relation to predecessors such as Hutcheson, Wolff, and Baumgarten, it clarifies the central issues in each of Kants major works in practical philosophy, including The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, The Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals. It also examines the relation of Kants philosophy to politics. Collectively, the essays in this volume provide English readers with a direct view of how leading German philosophers are now regarding Kants revolutionary practical philosophy, one of the outstanding achievements of German thought.1. Introdul£á