Kant on Laws

ISBN-13: 9781107163911 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 310 str.

Eric Watkins

Opis

This book provides a new account of the notion of law in Kant's abstract and empirical philosophy. It considers laws of nature, moral law, and the notion of law that is involved in both cases. Its unified approach will appeal to scholars interested in Kant's theory and practice of legislation.

Recenzje

'Kant on Laws is a wonderful piece of scholarship and must be read by anyone with an interest in Kant's conception of law.' Hein van den Berg, European Journal of Philosophy

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Kant's Conception of Law: 1. What is, for Kant, a law of nature?; 2. Kant on transcendental laws; Part II. The Laws of Mechanics: 3. The system of principles; 4. The argumentative structure of Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science; 5. The laws of motion from Newton to Kant; 6. Kant's justification of the laws of mechanics; Part III. Teleological Laws: 7. The antinomy of teleological judgment; 8. Nature in general as a system of ends; Part IV. Laws as Regulative Principles: 9. Kant on rational cosmology; 10. Kant on Infima Species; Part V. The Moral Law: 11. Autonomy and the legislation of laws in the Prolegomena; 12. Kant on the natural, moral, human, and divine orders.