Kant's "Tugendlehre"

A Comprehensive Commentary

Andreas Trampota, Oliver Sensen, Jens Timmermann, Andreas Trampota, Oliver Sensen, Jens Timmermann

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9783110202618
• eBook ISBN: 9783110229875
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Building on the results of the Groundwork and the Critique of Practical Reason, Kant finally published his system of moral philosophy in two volumes in 1797. By then, he had been planning to write a Metaphysics of Morals for three decades; but only the title remained unchanged while the basic principles of his theoretical and practical philosophy changed dramatically. While for many years academic moral philosophy focused mainly on Kant's earlier ethical treatises, there has recently been much interest in this later and perhaps more mature work on moral philosophy, particularly the ethical part of the Metaphysics of Morals, the "Metaphysical Principles of the Doctrine of Virtue" or "Tugendlehre".
The present volume responds to these demands. Following a series of research workshops, 18 scholars from Germany, Italy, Britain and the United States provide a seamless commentary on the "Doctrine of Virtue", discussing topics such as suicide, truthfulness, moral perfection, beneficence, gratitude, sympathy, respect and friendship as well as Kant's moral psychology, philosophy of action and theory of moral education. This book will be an invaluable resource for moral philosophers and Kant scholars alike.

Table of contents

• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Idee und Notwendigkeit einer Metaphysik der Sitten (MS 6:205–209, 214–218 und TL 6:375–378)
• Das Verhältnis der Vermögen des menschlichen Gemüts zu den Sittengesetzen (MS 6:211–214)
• Die Einteilungen der Metaphysik der Sitten im Allgemeinen und die der Tugendlehre im Besonderen (MS 6:218–221 und RL 6:239–242 und TL 6:388–394, 410–413)
• Recht und Ethik in Kants Metaphysik der Sitten (MS 6:218–221 und TL 6:390 f.)
• Prior Concepts of the Metaphysics of Morals (MS 6:221–228)
• The Concept and Necessity of an End in Ethics (TL 6:379–389)
• Virtue and Its Ends (TL 6:394–398)
• Virtue and Sensibility (TL 6:399–409)
• Duties to Oneself as Such (TL 6:417–420)
• The Perfect Duty to Oneself as an Animal Being (TL 6:421–428)
• The Perfect Duty to Oneself Merely as a Moral Being (TL 6:428–437)
• The Inner Court of Conscience, Moral Self-Knowledge, and the Proper Object of Duty (TL 6:437-444)
• Imperfect Duties to Oneself (TL 6:444–447)
• Duties to Others from Love (TL 6:448–461)
• Duties to Others from Respect (TL 6:462–468)
• Friendship, Duties Regarding Specific Conditions of Persons, and the Virtues of Social Intercourse (TL 6:468–474)
• Ethische Methodenlehre: Didaktik und Asketik (TL 6:477–485)
• Die Religionslehre als Lehre der Pflichten gegen Gott liegt außerhalb der Grenzen der reinen Moralphilosophie (TL 6:486–491)
• Notes on Contributors
• Index of Names
• Index of Subjects