Creating the Kingdom of Ends

Thirteen essays containing some of the finest work being done on Kant's ethics.

Christine M. Korsgaard (Author)

9780521499620, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 July 1996

464 pages
22.6 x 15.9 x 2.9 cm, 0.67 kg

"Clearly worth reprinting, Korsgaard's writing sparkles with original explanations and interpretations of Kant." International Studies in Philosophy, Sidney Axinn

Christine Korsgaard has become one of the leading interpreters of Kant's moral philosophy. She is identified with a small group of philosophers who are intent on producing a version of Kant's moral philosophy that is at once sensitive to its historical roots while revealing its particular relevance to contemporary problems. She rejects the traditional picture of Kant's ethics as a cold vision of the moral life which emphasises duty at the expense of love and value. Rather, Kant's work is seen as providing a resource for addressing not only the metaphysics of morals, but also for tackling practical questions about personal relations, politics, and everyday human interaction. This collection contains some of the finest current work on Kant's ethics and will command the attention of all those involved in teaching and studying moral theory.

Part I. Kant's Moral Philosophy: 1. An introduction to the ethical, political, and religious thought of Kant
2. Kant's analysis of obligation: the argument of Groundwork I
3. Kant's formula of universal law
4. Kant's formula of humanity
5. The right to lie: Kant on dealing with evil
6. Morality as freedom
7. Creating the kingdom of ends: reciprocity and responsibility in personal relations
Part II. Comparative Essays: 8. Aristotle and Kant on the source of value
9. Two distinctions in goodness
10. The reasons we can share: an attack on the distinction between agent-relative and agent-neutral values
11. Skepticism about practical reason
12. Two arguments against lying
13. Personal identity and the unity of agency: a Kantian response to Parfit.

Subject Areas: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]