Baumgarten and Kant on the Foundations of Practical Philosophy

Courtney D. Fugate is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, Tallahassee. Previously, he earned his PhD at KU Leuven's Institute of Philosophy in Belgium, and held posts at The American University in Cairo, The American University of Beirut, and Emory University. His work focuses on Kant and Kant's predecessors going back to Leibniz and Thomasius.John Hymers is Associate Professor of Philosophy at La Salle University in Philadelphia, where he teaches modern philosophy and ethics. He earned his PhD at KU Leuven's Institute of Philosophy in Belgium. His work focuses on Alexander Baumgarten, ethics, and the philosophy of religion.

• Courtney D. Fugate and John Hymers: Introduction1: Clemens Schwaiger: The Inventor of the Practical Imperative: A Portrait of Baumgarten's Ethics between Wolff and Kant2: Stefanie Buchenau: Mathematizing Morality: Wolff, Baumgarten, and Kant on Philosophia practica universalis3: Heiner F. Klemme: Obligation as Moral Necessitation and Nötigung: From Leibniz via Baumgarten to Kant4: Sonja Schierbaum and Michael Walschots: Necessitation, Constraint, and Reluctant Action: Obligation in Wolff, Baumgarten, and Kant5: Stefano Bacin: Morality as Both Objective and Subjective: Baumgarten's Way to Moral Realism and its Impact on Kant6: Gualtiero Lorini: "At tu nomen inane es": Baumgarten and Kant on the Legislator between Moral Theology and Justice7: Allen Wood: Baumgarten and Kant on Conscience8: Alexander Aichele: Imputation: Applying Practical Norms in Kant and Baumgarten9: Paul Guyer: Perfection and Self-Perfection in Baumgarten and Kant10: Courtney D. Fugate: Perfectionism from Wolff to Kant11: Frederick Rauscher: Baumgarten, Kant, and the Subdivisions of Practical Philosophy12: Fiorella Tomassini: Three Models of Natural Right: Baumgarten, Achenwall, and Kant13: John Hymers: War, Violence, and Punishment in Baumgarten's Philosophy of Right