Kant''s Critique of Practical Reason - Background Source Materials

"Offers students and scholars of Kant's philosophy both new and first-time English translations of eighteenth-century texts that are essential for understanding his ethics in historical context. Includes informative introductory and editorial material indicating how Kant often read and responded to his critics"--

List of contents

Preface page; Acknowledgements; General note on citations and translations; General introduction; Part I. Pre-Kantian Moral Philosophy: 1. Christian Wolff: introduction; 2. Christian August Crusius: introduction; Part II. Between the Critiques: 3. Johann Friedrich Flatt: introduction; 4. Gottlob August Tittel: introduction; 5. Hermann Andreas Pistorius: introduction; 6. Hermann Andreas Pistorius: introduction; 7. Thomas Wizenmann: introduction; Part III. The Reception of the Critique of Practical Reason: 8. Johann Georg Heinrich Feder: introduction; 9. August Wilhelm Rehberg: introduction; 10. Christian Garve: introduction; 11. Hermann Andreas Pistorius: introduction; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Michael Walschots is Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. He has published widely on the historical context of Kant's moral philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Walschots, Michael (Martin Luther-Universitat Hall Walschots
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781108810487
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81048-7
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900