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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 February 2010
      21 June 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511487316
      9780521862820
      9780521175081
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511487316
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      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 228 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
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      0.34kg, 226 Pages
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      Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Philosophy
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    The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's central contribution to moral philosophy, and has inspired controversy ever since it was first published in 1785. Kant champions the insights of 'common human understanding' against what he sees as the dangerous perversions of ethical theory. Morality is revealed to be a matter of human autonomy: Kant locates the source of the 'categorical imperative' within each and every human will. However, he also portrays everyday morality in a way that many readers find difficult to accept. The Groundwork is a short book, but its argument is dense, intricate and at times treacherous. This commentary explains Kant's arguments paragraph by paragraph, and also contains an introduction, a synopsis of the argument, six short interpretative essays on key topics of the Groundwork, and a glossary of key terms. It will be an indispensable tool for anyone wishing to study the Groundwork in detail.

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    Review of the hardback:'… an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to study Kant's ethical theory in detail. Timmermann's book is an important resource for almost any student or faculty member who wants a deeper understanding of Kant's Groundwork for either teaching or research.'

    Sean P. Walsh Source: Notre Dame Philosophical Review

    Review of the hardback:‘Timmermann’s commentary is nothing less the magisterial. This is without a doubt the best book available on one of the most important books on the history of philosophy.’

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    Contents

    Contents
    References
    Bibliography
    MAJOR EDITIONS
    Kant, Immanuel. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten (Hartknoch, 1785, 1786, reprographic reprint Harald Fischer, 1984)
    Kant, Immanuel Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, herausgegeben von der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, bearbeitet von Paul Menzer in Kant's gesammelte Schriften, vol. IV (Reimer, 1903)
    Kant, Immanuel Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, ed. Vorländer, Karl (Dürrsche Buchhandlung, 1906)
    Kant, Immanuel Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, ed. Buchenau, Artur and Cassirer, Ernst, in Kants Werke, vol. IV (Cassirer, 1921)
    Kant, Immanuel Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, ed. Otto, Rudolf (Klotz, 1930)
    Kant, Immanuel Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, ed. Valentiner, Theodor (Reclam, 1961)
    Kant, Immanuel Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, ed. Kraft, Bernd and Schönecker, Dieter (Meiner, 1999)
    Kant, Immanuel Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, ed. Timmermann, Jens (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004)
    ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
    Kant, Immanuel. Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics, trans. Abbott, Thomas K. (Longman, 1873)
    Kant, Immanuel. The Moral Law. Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, trans. Paton, H. J. (Hutchinson, 1948)
    Kant, Immanuel. Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, and What is Enlightenment? trans. Beck, Lewis White (Bobbs Merrill, 1959)
    Kant, Immanuel. Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, trans. Ellington, James W. (Hackett, 1981)
    Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, trans. Gregor, Mary (Cambridge University Press, 1998; first published in 1996)
    Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, trans. Hill, Thomas E. Jr and Zweig, Arnulf (Oxford University Press, 2002)
    Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, trans. Wood, Allen W. (Yale University Press, 2002)
    Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, trans. Abbott, Thomas K., revised by Denis, Lara (Broadview, 2005)
    COMMENTARIES AND COLLECTIONS
    Aune, Bruce. Kant's Theory of Morals (Princeton University Press, 1979)
    Duncan, A. R. C.Practical Reason and Morality. A Study of Immanuel Kant's ‘Foundations for the Metaphysics of Morals’ (Thomas Nelson, 1957)
    Freudiger, Jürg. Kants Begründung der praktischen Philosophie (Paul Haupt, 1993)
    Guyer, Paul, ed. Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Critical Essays (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998)
    Höffe, Otfried, ed. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten. Ein kooperativer Kommentar (Klostermann, 1989, 1993)
    Horn, Christoph and Schönecker, Dieter, eds. Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (De Gruyter, 2006)
    Paton, H. J.The Categorical Imperative. A Study in Kant's Philosophy (Hutchinson, 1947)
    Ross, David. Kant's Ethical Theory. A Commentary on thezur, GrundlegungSitten, Metaphysik (Clarendon Press, 1954)
    Schönecker, Dieter and Wood, Allen W.Kants ‘Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten’ (Schöningh, 2002)
    Schönecker, Dieter. Kant: Grundlegung III. Die Deduktion des kategorischen Imperativs (Alber, 1999)
    Tittel, Gottlob August. Über Herrn Kant's Moralreform (Pfähler, 1786)
    Wolff, Robert Paul. The Autonomy of Reason. A Commentary on Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Harper & Row, 1973)
    STUDIES OF KANT'S MORAL PHILOSOPHY
    Allison, Henry E.Kant's Theory of Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 1990)
    Ameriks, Karl. Interpreting Kant's Critiques (Clarendon Press, 2003)
    , Baron Marcia. Kantian Ethics almost without Apology (Cornell University Press, 1995)
    Beck, Lewis White. A Commentary on Kant's Critique of Practical Reason (University of Chicago Press, 1960)
    Cummiskey, David. Kantian Consequentialism (Oxford University Press, 1996)
    Esser, Andrea. Eine Ethik für Endliche (Frommann-Holzboog, 2004)
    Gregor, Mary. Laws of Freedom (Blackwell, 1963)
    Guyer, Paul. Kant on Freedom, Law, and Happiness (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
    Herman, Barbara. The Practice of Moral Judgment (Harvard University Press, 1993)
    Hill, Thomas E.Dignity and Practical Reason in Kant's Moral Theory (Cornell University Press, 1992)
    Hill, Thomas E.Human Welfare and Moral Worth. Kantian Perspectives (Clarendon Press, 2002)
    Kerstein, Samuel. Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
    Korsgaard, Christine. Creating the Kingdom of Ends (Cambridge University Press, 1996)
    Landucci, Sergio. Sull'etica di Kant (Guerini, 1994)
    Louden, Robert B.Morality and Moral Theory (Oxford University Press, 1992)
    Louden, Robert B.Kant's Impure Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2000)
    Nell, Onora. Acting on Principle (Columbia University Press, 1975)
    O'Neill, Onora. Constructions of Reason (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
    Reath, Andrews. Agency and Autonomy in Kant's Moral Theory (Clarendon Press, 2006)
    Schwaiger, Clemens. Kategorische und andere Imperative. Zur Entwicklung von Kants praktischer Philosophie bis 1785 (Frommann-Holzboog, 1999)
    Schwartz, Maria. Der Begriff der Maxime bei Kant (Lit Verlag, 2006)
    Timmermann, Jens. Sittengesetz und Freiheit. Untersuchungen über Immanuel Kants Theorie des freien Willens (De Gruyter, 2003)
    Timmons, Mark, ed. Kant's Metaphysics of Morals (Oxford University Press, 2002)
    Tomasi, Gabriele. Identità razionale e moralità (Associazione Trentina, 1991)
    Wood, Allen W.Kant's Ethical Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
    OTHER SECONDARY LITERATURE
    Allison, Henry E.Kant's Transcendental Idealism (Yale University Press, 1983, 2004)
    Arendt, Hannah. Eichmann in Jerusalem (Piper, 1986; first published in 1964)
    Barnes, Jonathan. ‘Aristotle and the Methods of Ethics’, in Revue Internationale de Philosophie 34 (1980), 490–511
    Bittner, Rüdiger. ‘Maximen’, in Akten des 4. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, ed. Funke, G. (De Gruyter, 1974), vol. II.2, pp. 485–98.
    Bittner, Rüdiger and Cramer, Konrad, eds. Materialien zu Kants ‘Kritik der praktischen Vernunft’ (Suhrkamp, 1975)
    Cicero, . Abhandlung über die menschlichen Pflichten, trans. Garve, Christian (Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1783)
    Cramer, Konrad. Nicht-reine synthetische Urteile a priori. Ein Problem der Transzendentalphilosophie Immanuel Kants (Carl Winter, 1985)
    Garve, Christian. Philosophische Anmerkungen und Abhandlungen zu Ciceros Büchern von den Pflichten (Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1783)
    Gilbert, Carlos Melchios. Der Einfluß von Christian Garves Übersetzung Ciceros ‘De Officiis’ auf Kants ‘Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten’ (S. Röderer, 1994)
    Hare, R. M.‘Could Kant Have Been a Utilitarian’, Utilitas 5 (1993), 1–16
    Henrich, Dieter. ‘Das Prinzip der kantischen Ethik’, in Philosophische Rundschau 2 (1954–5), 29–34
    Herman, B. ‘Moral Deliberation and the Derivation of Duties’, in The Practice of Moral Judgment (Harvard University Press, 1993), pp. 132–58
    Kagan, Shelly. ‘Kantianism for Consequentialists’, in Kant, Immanuel, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, trans. Wood, Allen (Yale University Press, 2002), pp. 111–56
    Kuehn, Manfred. Kant. A Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
    Kuehn, Manfred ‘Kant and Cicero’, in Kant und die Berliner Aufklärung, ed. Gerhardt, V., Horstmann, R.-P. and Schumacher, R. (De Gruyter, 2001), vol. III, 270–8
    Long, A. A. and Sedley, D. N.The Hellenistic Philosophers (Cambridge University Press, 1987)
    O'Neill, Onora. ‘Kant after Virtue’, in Constructions of Reason (Cambridge University Press, 1989), pp. 145–62
    Patzig, Günther. ‘Der Gedanke eines Kategorischen Imperativs’, Archiv für Philosophie 6 (1956), 82–96
    Prauss, Gerold. Kant und das Problem der Dinge an sich (Bouvier, 1974, 1977)
    Proops, Ian. ‘Kant's Legal Metaphor and the Nature of Deduction’, Journal of the History of Philosophy 41 (2003), 209–29
    Reich, Klaus. Kant und die Ethik der Griechen (Mohr, 1935); translated as ‘Kant and Greek Ethics’ in Mind 48 (1939), 446–63
    Schiller, Friedrich. Werke, ed. Fricke, G. and Göpfert, H. G. (Hanser, 1987)
    Schneewind, J. B.The Invention of Autonomy (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
    Sidgwick, Henry. The Methods of Ethics (Macmillan, 1874, 1907)
    Timmermann, Jens. ‘Depositum’, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung 57 (2003), 589–600
    Timmermann, Jens‘When the Tail Wags the Dog. Animal Welfare and Indirect Duty in Kantian Ethics’, The Kantian Review 10 (2005), 128–49
    Timmermann, Jens‘Why Kant Could not Have Been a Utilitarian’, Utilitas 17 (2005), 243–64
    Timmermann, Jens‘Kant on Conscience, “Indirect” Duty and Moral Error’, International Philosophical Quarterly 46 (2006), 293–308
    Vaihinger, Hans. Commentar zu Kants Kritik der reinen Vernunft (W. Spemann, 1881)
    Watkins, Eric. Kant and the Metaphysics of Causality (Cambridge University Press, 2005)
    Williams, Bernard. ‘Internal and External Reasons’, in Moral Luck (Cambridge University Press, 1981), pp. 101–13 (first published in 1980)
    Wolf, Susan. Freedom within Reason (Oxford University Press, 1990)
    Wood, Allen W. ‘The Final Form of Kant's Practical Philosophy’, in Timmons, M., ed., Kant's Metaphysics of Morals (Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 1–21

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