Kant's Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107036314)

This is the first book devoted to an examination of Kant's lectures on ethics, which provide a unique and revealing perspective on the development of his views. In fifteen newly commissioned essays, leading Kant scholars discuss four sets of student notes reflecting different periods of Kant's career: those taken by Herder (1762-4), Collins (mid-1770s), Mrongovius (1784-5) and Vigilantius (1793-4). The essays cover a diverse range of topics, from the relation between Kant's lectures and the Baumgarten textbooks, to obligation, virtue, love, the highest good, freedom, the categorical imperative, moral motivation and religion. Together they provide the reader with a deeper and fuller understanding of the evolution of Kant's moral thought. The volume will be of interest to a range of readers in Kant studies, ethics, political philosophy, religious studies and the history of ideas.

Author: Lara Denis
ISBN-10: 1107036313
ISBN-13: 9781107036314
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/23/2015
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2016