The Categorical Imperative: A Study in Kant's Moral Philosophy

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University of Pennsylvania Press, 29 oct. 1971 - 283 pages
""The great merit of Paton's book is that it sets aside altogether the conventional criticisms of Kant's ethics and calls upon the reader to study Kant's own statements.""--H. Barker, Mind ""A memorable volume, which comes as near a classical exposit
 

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REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
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III
14
THE APPROACH TO
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DUTY
21
Analytic and synthetic arguments
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II
32
IV
33
XXV
35
Imperatives of prudence are analytic propositions
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48
127
50
128
BOOK III
129
The relations between the five formulae
130
The application of the formulae
131
THE FORMULA OF UNIVERSAL LAW 1 Formula I
133
The one categorical imperative
134

XVII
40
A good will and duty 2
46
The method of isolation 3
47
Misunderstandings Is duty the motive of a good will?
50
Is goodness the motive of a good will?
52
Are generous emotions the motive of a good will?
53
Inclinations Happiness and Moral Worth
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THE MAXIM OF MORALITY I 2 Moral value does not depend on results
58
Practical principlessubjective and objective
59
Two kinds of maximformal and material 4 The maxim of duty
61
I Reverence for the
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The description of reverence
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The function of reverence
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Reverence as a Motive
66
THE
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Law as such 2 Law as command 3 The moral motive 4 5 Formal maxim and moral
71
The categorical imperative
72
MISUNDERSTANDINGS Criticisms I 2 Kants formalism
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Kants legalism
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The ignoring of consequences
76
The soundness of Kants doctrine
77
BOOK II
78
46
85
IMPERATIVES 1 Imperatives in general
113
39
114
Rules counsels and laws
115
Obligation and goodness
116
The duty to act morally
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44
120
Synthetic propositions
122
Difficulties
123
Synthetic propositions are presupposed
125
Universal law
135
Material maxims
137
58
139
The rational will as arbiter
140
The permissible and the obligatory
141
The Spontaneity of Mind 1 Intellectual spontaneity
142
59
144
The form of
157
THE FORMULA OF THE END IN ITSELF
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63
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6
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66
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Argument from the character of
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70
181
72
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Summary
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XVIII
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+385 74
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75
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The kingdom of nature
192
BOOK IV
199
Kants method
206
XXI
217
3
224
Other arguments
230
XXIV
242
XXV
253
THE DEFENCE OF FREEDOM
266
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
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H. J. Paton was the author of several books, including Kant's Metaphysic of Experience and The Good Will.

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