Kant's Ethics

The Element offers a clear overview of Immanuel Kant's arguments for both the content of morality and its bindingness.

Kate A. Moran (Author)

9781108718943, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 March 2022

75 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm, 0.11 kg

The Element provides an overview of Immanuel Kant's arguments regarding the content of the moral law (the categorical imperative), as well as an exposition of his arguments for the bindingness of the moral law for rational agents. The Element also considers common objections to Kant's ethics.

1. Introduction
2. Themes in Kantian Ethics
3. The Moral Law and the Will
4. The Moral Law: The Formula of Universal Law
5. The Moral Law: The Formula of Humanity
6. Respect for the Law and Action from Duty
7. Autonomy and the Realm of Ends
8. Freedom of the Will and the Deduction of Morality
9. Common Objections to Kant's Ethics
10. Concluding Remarks.

Subject Areas: Social & political philosophy [HPS], Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], History of Western philosophy [HPC]