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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2025

Edited by
Martin Brecher  and
Philipp-Alexander Hirsch
Martin Brecher
Affiliation:
Universität Mannheim, Germany
Philipp-Alexander Hirsch
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute, Freiburg

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Law and Morality in Kant , pp. v - vi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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Contents

  1. List of Contributors

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. List of Abbreviations for Works by Kant

  4. Introduction

    Martin Brecher and Philipp-Alexander Hirsch

  5. Part ILaw and Morality: Derivation or Separation?

    1. 1Kant on Moral Universality and the Normative Foundations of Right

      Marcus Willaschek

    2. 2Kant’s Direct Route from the Categorical Imperative to the Universal Law of Right

      Bernd Ludwig

    3. 3Kant on the General Will Test and the Categorical Imperative Procedure

      Christoph Horn

    4. 4Kant’s Right as Normatively Independent: One Strategy Considered and Rejected

      Sorin Baiasu

  6. Part IISanctions and Coercion: A Problem for a Derivational Reading?

    1. 5Legal Coercion as a Moral Problem? Kant on the Enforcement of Rights and the Limits of Moral Personality

      Philipp-Alexander Hirsch

    2. 6Should Criminals Be Punished for Their Folly? On the Ethical Foundations of Kant’s Legal Philosophy

      Kate Moran and Jens Timmermann

  7. Part IIIIssues Across the Boundaries of Law and Morality

    1. 7Morality, Legality, and Luck

      Ralf M. Bader

    2. 8Kant on Permissive Law

      Martin Brecher

    3. 9Bridging the Juridical Gap: Ethical and Juridical Duties in the Absence of Political Institutions

      Alice Pinheiro Walla

  8. Part IVExternal Freedom and Kantian Legal Philosophy

    1. 10The Kantian Legal Relation as Radical Non-Positivism

      George Pavlakos

    2. 11What is External Freedom?

      Japa Pallikkathayil

  9. Part VLaw and Morality in Kant’s Political Theory

    1. 12Two Conceptions of Freedom in Kant’s Political Philosophy: The Moral Foundations of Kantian Politics

      J. P. Messina

    2. 13Independence and Kant’s Positive Conception of Freedom

      Pauline Kleingeld

    3. 14Morality, Right, and Responsibility

      Paul Guyer

  10. Bibliography

  11. Subject Index

  12. Index of Persons

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