It was not so long ago that the dominant picture of Kants practical philosophy was formalistic, focusing almost exclusively on hisGroundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals andCritique of Practical Reason. However, the overall picture of Kants wide-ranging philosophy has since been broadened and deepened. We now have a much more complete understanding of the range of Kants practical interests and of his contributions to areas as diverse as anthropology, pedagogy, and legal theory. What remains somewhat obscure, however, is how these different contributions hang together in the way that Kant suggests that they must. This book explores these different conceptions of humanity, morality, and legality in Kant as main manifestations or dimensions of practical normativity. These interrelated terms play a crucial role in highlighting different rational obligations, their source(s), and their applicability in the face of changing circumstances.
Ansgar Lyssy is a researcher at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Christopher Yeomans is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA.
1.Introduction: Dimensions of Normativity.- 2. Why be moral?: How to take the question seriously (and why) from a Kantian perspective.- 3. Deceptive unity and productive disunity: Kants account of situated moral selves.- 4. Its All About Power: The Deep Structure of Kants Categorical Imperative and its Three Formulations.- 5. Categorical Imperative and Human Nature, by Oliver Sensen.- 6. Motivating Humanity.- 7. Humans-Only Norms: An Unexpected Kantian Story.- 8. Beyond our given nature: Kant on the inviolable holiness of humanity.- 9. How Common is Common Human Reason? The Plurality of Moral Perspectives and Kants Ethics.- 10. The Philosophers Medicine of the Mind: Kants Account of Mental Illness and the Normativity of Thinking.- 11. Eleutheronomy: The Esoterically Political Character of Kant's Practical Philosophy.- 12. Kant and Privacy.- 13. Kant and the Provisionality of Property.
