Significance and System

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at University of Arizona. His books include Disputed Moral Issues, Third Edition, Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, and Morality without Foundations.

• Acknowledgements and SourcesAbbreviations for Kant's worksIntroduction Part I: Interpreting the Categorical Imperative 1. Necessitation and Justification in Kant's Ethics2. Decision Procedures, Moral Criteria, and the Problem of Relevant Descriptions in Kant's Ethics3. The Categorical Imperative and Universalizability4. The Philosophical and Practical Significance of Kant's Universality Formulations of the Categorical Imperative Part II: Motive, Rightness, and Virtue5. Motive and Rightness in Kant's Ethical System6. Kant's Grounding Project in the Doctrine of Virtue7. The Perfect Duty to Oneself as an Animal Being8. The Moral Significance of Gratitude in Kant's Ethics Part III: The Psychology of Moral Evil9. Love of Honor, Emulation, and the Devilish Vices in Kant's Ethics 10. The Good, the Bad, and the Badass: On the Descriptive Adequacy of Kant's Conception of Moral Evil Index

This is an outstanding collection that will be immensely valuable to anyone interested in Kant, Kant's ethics or any aspect of practical philosophy discussed in the book.