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Kant and the Origins of the Good Will is an in-depth study of the development of Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy from its beginnings in the 1750s up to the mid-1780s. The book also examines how Kant's moral views intersect with aspects of his metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion.
The good will and the dignity of humanity are centralbut often overlooked or controvertedelements of Kant's moral philosophy. In this volume, Patrick Kain systematically investigates the origins and emergence of Kant's moral philosophy, as well as the significance of the good will and the dignity of humanity within it. Starting with some of Kant's early published works, notes and drafts, and student notes from his lectures in a wide range of disciplines, the book examines Kants thought over the course of several decades.
Kain's analysis of Kant begins with a careful historical and philosophical reconstruction of his conception of the divine will, which reflected, influenced, and informed his developing moral philosophy. Kant and the Origins of the Good Will then provides a detailed interpretation of the emergence of Kant's moral philosophy prior to the publication of the Groundwork (1785). This study of the place of the good will and the dignity of humanity in Kant's thought sheds new light on the origins and content of Kant's published works on moral philosophy in the 1780s.
Contents
Introduction
Part I. A Divine Holy Will
1: Divine freedom and the metaphysics of modality
2: Divine freedom and the expression of goodness
Part II. Obligation, Feeling, and Goodness DL The 1760s
3: Goodness, dignity, and obligation in Kant's early moral philosophy
Part III. Obligation and the Idea of a Will Good in Itself DL the 1770s
4: "Moral Kaehler" I: Worth as a basis and a motive of obligation
5: "Moral Kaehler" II: The ethics of virtue and restricted freedom
6: "Metaphysics L1" and the reality of goodness
Part IV. The Idea of Humanity and the Autonomy of the Good Will DL the Early and Mid-1780s
7: The Critique of Pure Reason and the idea of humanity
8: The principle of the good will and the science of the good
9: Preparing the Groundwork-an end in itself and a law to itself
An invitation: Seeing the good in the Groundwork
