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Lectures on the history of moral philosophy /

By: Rawls, John, 1921-2002.
Contributor(s): Herman, Barbara, 1945- [editor].
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000Description: xxii, 384 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0674002962; 9780674002968:; 9780674002968; 0674004426; 9780674004429.Subject(s): Ethics, Modern -- 17th century | Moral education -- History | Ethics, Modern -- 18th century | Ethics -- History | Ethics, Modern -- 19th century | Philosophy -- HistoryDDC classification: 170.9 RAW
Contents:
Introduction: Modern moral philosophy, 1600-1800 -- Hume. Morality psychologized and the passions. Rational deliberation and the role of reason. Justice as an artificial virtue. The critique of rational intuitionism. The judicious spectator -- Leibniz. His metaphysical perfectionism. Spirits as active substances: their freedom -- Kant. Groundwork: preface and part I. The categorical imperative: The first formulation. The categorical imperative: the second formulation. The categorical imperative: the third formulation. The priority of right and the object of the moral law. Moral constructivism. The fact of reason. The moral law as the law of freedom. The moral psychology of the religion, book I. The unity of reason -- Hegel. His Rechtsphilosophie. Ethical life and liberalism.
Summary: A collection of the lectures on moral philosophy given by John Rawls over three decades of teaching at Harvard. This book looks at thinkers such as Leibniz, Hume and Kant, in their struggle to define the role of a moral conception in human life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Modern moral philosophy, 1600-1800 -- Hume. 1. Morality psychologized and the passions. 2. Rational deliberation and the role of reason. 3. Justice as an artificial virtue. 4. The critique of rational intuitionism. 5. The judicious spectator -- Leibniz. 1. His metaphysical perfectionism. 2. Spirits as active substances: their freedom -- Kant. 1. Groundwork: preface and part I. 2. The categorical imperative: The first formulation. 3. The categorical imperative: the second formulation. 4. The categorical imperative: the third formulation. 5. The priority of right and the object of the moral law. 6. Moral constructivism. 7. The fact of reason. 8. The moral law as the law of freedom. 9. The moral psychology of the religion, book I. 10. The unity of reason -- Hegel. 1. His Rechtsphilosophie. 2. Ethical life and liberalism.

A collection of the lectures on moral philosophy given by John Rawls over three decades of teaching at Harvard. This book looks at thinkers such as Leibniz, Hume and Kant, in their struggle to define the role of a moral conception in human life.

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