Kant's Metaphysics of Morals

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis.

• 1. The Final Form of Kant's Practical Philosophy ; 2. Kant's Deductions of the Principles of Right ; 3. Which Imperatives for Right? On the Non-Prescriptive Character of Juridicial Laws in Kant's Metaphysics of Morals ; 4. A Kantian Justification of Possession ; 5. Kant's Theory of Contract ; 6. Is Kant's Rechtslehre Comprehensive? ; 7. Whence Public Right? The Role of Theoretical and Practical Reasoning in Kant's Doctrine of Right ; 8. Kantian Desires: Freedom of Choice and Action in the Rechtslehre ; 9. Revolution, Contradiction, and Kantian Citizenship ; 10. Punishment, Conscience, and Moral Worth ; 11. Motive and Rightness in Kant's Ethical System ; 12. The Inner Freedom of Virtue ; 13. Happiness as a Natural End ; 14. Instituting Principles: Between Duty and Action ; 15. Self-Legislation and Duties to Oneself ; 16. Duties to Oneself, Motivational Internalism, and Self-Deception in Kant's Ethics ; 17. Love and Respect in the Doctrine of Virtue ; Bibliography, Index

Timmons' Kant's Metaphysics of Morals is therefore a substantial and exciting resource for Kant scholars, and its concerns should also engage tmoral and political philosophers more generally.