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

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971. Recent Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x8. Recent reprint. Highlighting throughout, laminating starting on rear cover. 1971 Trade Paperback. 283 pp. "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. CONTENTS: Reference and Abbreviations; Preface; Book I. The Approach to the Categorical Imperative: The Critical Method; The Good Will; Duty; The Maxim of Morality; Reverence; The Law; Misunderstandings; Book II. The Background of the Categorical Imperative: Practical Reason and Its Subjective Principles; Practical Reasons and Its Objective Principles; The Good; Imperatives; How Are Imperatives Possible?; Book III. The Formulation of the Categorical Imperative: The Five Formulae; The Formula of Universal Law; The Formula of the Law of Nature; The Formula of the End in Itself; The Formula of Autonomy; The Formula of the Kingdom of Ends; Book IV. The Justification of the Categorical Imperative: The Problem; Freedom and Autonomy; Freedom as a Necessary Presupposition; The Intelligible World; Membership of the Intelligible World; How is a Categorical Imperative Possible?; Some Further Questions; The Defence of Freedom; Index of Proper Names; General Index.