The Blackwell guide to Kant's ethics

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Through a collection of new, previously unpublished essays, The Blackwell Guide to Kant's Ethics addresses diverse topics crucial to our understanding of Kant's moral philosophy and its implications for the modern age. Provides a fresh perspective on themes in Kant's moral philosophy. Addresses systematically Kant's foundational work, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and his more specific treatment of justice and virtue in The Metaphysics of Morals. Includes essays by both established scholars and rising stars. Identifies common misperceptions of Kant's thought and challenges some prevailing interpretations. Shows how Kant developed and supplemented his earlier ethical thought with specific discussions of practical issues in law, international relations, personal relations, and self-regarding virtues and vices.;Introduction / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. -- Basic themes -- Good will and the moral worth of acting from duty / Robert N. Johnson -- The universal law formulas / Richard Galvin -- The formula of humanity as an end in itself / Richard Dean -- Autonomy and the kingdom of ends / Sarah Holtman -- Argument and critique -- Deriving the supreme moral principle from common moral ideas / Samuel J. Kerstein -- Why Kant needs the second-person standpoint / Stephen Darwall -- Justice : private, public, and international right -- Kant on law and justice / Arthur Ripstein -- Kant on punishment / Nelson Potter -- Kant's vision of a just world order / Thomas Pogge -- Virtue : love, respect, and duties to oneself -- Beneficence and other duties of love in The metaphysics of morals / Marcia Baron and Melissa Seymour Fahmy -- Duties to oneself, duties of respect to others / Allen Wood -- Retrospective -- Reflections on the enduring value of Kant's ethics / Arnulf Zweig. Introduction / Thomas E. Hill, Jr. -- Basic themes -- Good will and the moral worth of acting from duty / Robert N. Johnson -- The universal law formulas / Richard Galvin -- The formula of humanity as an end in itself / Richard Dean -- Autonomy and the kingdom of ends / Sarah Holtman -- Argument and critique -- Deriving the supreme moral principle from common moral ideas / Samuel J. Kerstein -- Why Kant needs the second-person standpoint / Stephen Darwall -- Justice : private, public, and international right -- Kant on law and justice / Arthur Ripstein -- Kant on punishment / Nelson Potter -- Kant's vision of a just world order / Thomas Pogge -- Virtue : love, respect, and duties to oneself -- Beneficence and other duties of love in The metaphysics of morals / Marcia Baron and Melissa Seymour Fahmy -- Duties to oneself, duties of respect to others / Allen Wood -- Retrospective -- Reflections on the enduring value of Kant's ethics / Arnulf Zweig.