Kant''s Lectures on Political Philosophy - A Critical Guide

"Kant's influential political philosophy is here examined in its early stage a full decade prior to his publications on right. The essays cover the range of topics as presented by Kant in the only surviving transcript of his course lectures on natural law from 1784"-- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

Introduction Frederick Rauscher; 1. A brief guide to Achenwall's natural law: the textbook for Kant's lectures on legal and political philosophy Pauline Kleingeld, Michael Gregory and Fiorella Tomassini; 2. The many ends of natural law Larry Krasnoff; 3. Absorbing natural right into the Kantian system Howard Williams; 4. Kant's search for a metaphysics of morals: the Feyerabend lectures Allen W. Wood; 5. Innate right: Kant and the natural law tradition Paul Guyer; 6. Kant's critique of Achenwall's account of property in his Feyerabend lectures Kenneth Westphal; 7. The economy in the Feyerabend lecture notes on natural right Lucy Allais; 8. Our rights to ourselves and others: marriage, sex, and slavery in the Feyerabend lectures Jordan Pascoe; 9. States of nature as theories of normativity: Kant and his predecessors Macarena Marey; 10. Fundamental aspects of public right Luigi Caranti; 11. Freedom of religion and thought in the Feyerabend lectures on natural law: the development of Kant's conception of enlightenment Monique Hulshof; 12. Happiness, paternalism, and social welfare: unexpected insights from the Naturrecht Feyerabend Sarah Holtman; 13. Kant's retributive turn: punishment and autonomy in the Feyerabend lectures on natural right (and later writings) Susan Meld Shell; 14. Death and the limits to state coercive power Frederick Rauscher; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick (Michigan State University) Rauscher
• Assisted by: Rauscher Frederick (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2025
• EAN: 9781009215084
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0921508-4
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, History: theory & methods, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, C 1700 To C 1800, Historical research: source documents