God, Freedom and the Immortality of the Soul - The Origin of the Moral Law

This book examines and defends Immanuel Kant's arguments in the Critique of Pure Practical Reason that the ideas of freedom, the immortality of the soul and God are the source of moral laws and the postulates of moral action. It does this through an examination of Kant's analysis of the ordinary man's understanding of a moral judgment. This shows that these three ideas are in a practical sense, inseparably connected to the fundamental principle of morality. This book rejects standard objections to Kant's moral theory and argues that Kant's arguments for these three ideas as postulates of morality are sound. This has significant ramifications regarding the value of Kant's contribution to western moral and legal philosophy, and for its application in modern society.

About the author

Dr. Francine M Baker, B.A, LL.B, M.A., Ph.D, Solicitor of England and Wales, studied at Cambridge University with Lady Onora O'Neill, with Dr. John Kenyon of St Peter's College and through the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is a senior lecturer at London South Bank University, and is affiliated with Wolfson College,Oxford

Product details

• Authors: Francine Baker
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9783838337524
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-3752-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Renaissance, Enlightenment; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day