J. B. Schneewind's book is the most comprehensive study ever written of the history of moral philosophy. It sets Kant's ethics in its historical context by showing in detail what the central questions in moral philosophy were for him and how he arrived at his own distinctive ethical views.
J. B. Schneewind's book is the most comprehensive study ever written of the history of moral philosophy. It sets Kant's ethics in its historical context by showing in detail what the central questions in moral philosophy were for him and how he arrived at his own distinctive ethical views.
Preface Acknowledgements A note on references and abbreviations Introduction 1. Themes in the history of modern moral philosophy Part I. The Rise and Fall of Modern Natural Law: 2. Natural law: from intellectualism to voluntarism 3. Setting religion aside: republicanism and skepticism 4. Natural law restated: Suarez and Grotius 5. Grotianism at the limit: Hobbes 6. A morality of love: Cumberland 7. The central synthesis: Pufendorf 8. The collapse of modern natural law: Locke and Thomasius Part II. Perfectionism and Rationality: 9. Origins of modern perfectionism 10. Paths to God: I. The Cambridge Platonists 11. Paths to God: II. Spinoza and Malebranche 12. Leibniz: Counterrevolutionary perfectionism Part III. Toward a World on its Own: 13. Morality without salvation 14. The recovery of virtue 15. The austerity of morals: Clarke and Mandeville 16. The limits of love: Hutcheson and Butler 17. Hume: virtue naturalized 18. Against a fatherless world 19. The noble effects of self-love Part IV. Autonomy and Divine Order: 20. Perfection and will: Wolff and Crusius 21. Religion, morality, and reform 22. The invention of autonomy 23. Kant in the history of moral philosophy Epilogue: 24. Pythagoras, Socrates, and Kant: understanding the history of moral philosophy Bibliography Index of names Index of subjects Index of biblical citations.
Preface Acknowledgements A note on references and abbreviations Introduction 1. Themes in the history of modern moral philosophy Part I. The Rise and Fall of Modern Natural Law: 2. Natural law: from intellectualism to voluntarism 3. Setting religion aside: republicanism and skepticism 4. Natural law restated: Suarez and Grotius 5. Grotianism at the limit: Hobbes 6. A morality of love: Cumberland 7. The central synthesis: Pufendorf 8. The collapse of modern natural law: Locke and Thomasius Part II. Perfectionism and Rationality: 9. Origins of modern perfectionism 10. Paths to God: I. The Cambridge Platonists 11. Paths to God: II. Spinoza and Malebranche 12. Leibniz: Counterrevolutionary perfectionism Part III. Toward a World on its Own: 13. Morality without salvation 14. The recovery of virtue 15. The austerity of morals: Clarke and Mandeville 16. The limits of love: Hutcheson and Butler 17. Hume: virtue naturalized 18. Against a fatherless world 19. The noble effects of self-love Part IV. Autonomy and Divine Order: 20. Perfection and will: Wolff and Crusius 21. Religion, morality, and reform 22. The invention of autonomy 23. Kant in the history of moral philosophy Epilogue: 24. Pythagoras, Socrates, and Kant: understanding the history of moral philosophy Bibliography Index of names Index of subjects Index of biblical citations.
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