The Form of Practical Knowledge: A Study of the Categorical Imperative

Stephen Engstrom

Published by Harvard University Press 2009

The Form of Practical Knowledge

A Study of the Categorical Imperative

Stephen Engstrom

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674053793

Overview
Contents

About this book

Immanuel Kant’s claim that the categorical imperative of morality is based in practical reason has long been a source of puzzlement and doubt, even for sympathetic interpreters. Engstrom provides an illuminating new interpretation of the categorical imperative, arguing that we have exaggerated and misconceived Kant’s break with tradition.

Reviews

Stephen Engstrom provides a highly original interpretation of the categorical imperative as the criterion of rational knowledge and action. In focusing on the general formula and the law-of-nature variant, and trying to make them work, the book presents a welcome counterweight to currently fashionable interpretations that dismiss these formulations in favour of the second variation, commonly called the "formula of humanity."
-- Jens Timmermann, University of St Andrews

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Note on Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
I. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
WILLING AS PRACTICAL KNOWING
II. The Will and Practical Judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
III. Fundamental Practical Judgments: The Wish for Happiness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
FROM PRESUPPOSITIONS OF JUDGMENT TO THE IDEA OF A CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
IV. The Formal Presuppositions of Practical Judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
V. Constraints on Willing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
INTERPRETATION
VI. The Categorical Imperative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
VII. Applications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
VIII. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Epilogue. Kant’s Idea of the Practical Purpose of Moral Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 278

eBook

Published: August 27, 2009
ISBN: 9780674053793