Otfried hoffe has 81 books on goodreads with 691 ratings. As a political philosopher, kant has until recently been overshadowed by his compatriots hegel and marx. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Sep 01, 1983 in this book, hoffe gives a clear, understandable description of kant s philosophical development and influence, and he sets forth kant s main ideas from the critique of pure reason and the ethics to the philosophy of law, history, religion, and art. This reading helps clarify the twopart structure of the transcendental deduction in b. Kant s moral and legal philosophy kant s moral and legal philosophy brings to english readers the finest postwar germanlanguage scholarship on kant s moral and legal philosophy. Immanuel kant otfried hoffe in this book, hoffe gives a clear, understandable description of kant s philosophical development and influence, and he sets forth kant s main ideas from the critique of pure reason and the ethics to the philosophy of law, history, religion, and art. Examining kants relation to predecessors such as hutcheson, wolff, and baumgarten, it clarifies the central issues in each of kants major works in practical philosophy, including the groundwork of the metaphysics of morals, the critique of practical reason, and the. Otfried hoffe guides the reader through the critique one step at a time, expounding kant s thoughts, submitting them to an interpretation and drawing a summary conclusion, placing the work and its topics within the context of its modern successors.
Full text views reflects the number of pdf downloads, pdfs sent. The legacy of idealism martin heidegger, kant and the problem of metaphysics. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read immanuel kant. Schopenhauer termed it the most important book ever to have been written in europe. Hoffe writes that in kants work critique of practical reason, kants revolution of western moral philosophy lies mainly in two parts. In this book, hoffe gives a clear, understandable description of kants philosophical development and influence, and he sets forth kants main ideas from the critique of pure reason and the ethics to the philosophy of law, history, religion, and art. Hoffe abellan toward perpetual peace tcp gidyj 2 otfried hoffe toward perpetual peace kants political philosophy prof.
Kants religion within the boundaries of mere reason was written late in his career. Kant s religion within the boundaries of mere reason was written late in his career. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Examining kants relation to predecessors such as hutcheson, wolff, and baumgarten, it clarifies the central issues in each of kants major works. This volume brings to english readers the finest postwar germanlanguage scholarship on kants moral and legal philosophy.
Kants political philosophy, wedded as it is to rights. The analytic of the beautiful aims primarily to articulate the features which are characteristic of judgments of beauty. Kants moral and legal philosophy otfried hoeffe, karl. It presents a theory of radical evil in human nature, touches on the issue of divine grace, develops a christology, and takes a seemingly strong interest in the issue of scriptural interpretation. In his critical treatment, hoffe shows why kants philosophy continues to be relevant and. In this book, hoffe gives a clear, understandable description of kant s philosophical development and influence, and he sets forth kant s main ideas from the critique of pure reason and the ethics to the philosophy of law, history, religion, and art. This volume brings to english readers the finest postwar germanlanguage scholarship on kant s moral and legal philosophy. Kants justification of the role of maxims in ethics, in kants moral and legal philosophy, hrsg.
Commentary on doctrine of method and conclusion of kants critique of practical reason. Examining kant s relation to predecessors such as hutcheson, wolff. It also shows that kant did not undermine his own antisceptical strategy through talk of an ultimate reality upon which we exercise our cognitive faculties. Kants religion within the boundaries of mere reason. In his critical treatment, hoffe shows why kant s philosophy continues to be relevant and. Literatur zu kants ethik bibliography on kants ethics.
Kants principle of justice as categorical imperative of law. Taking this claim about the syntheticity of the categorical imperative seriously implies that moral judgements follow from extralogical but necessary principles. Otfried hoffe is professor of philosophy at the university of tubingen and. International archives of the history of ideas archives internationales dhistoire des idees, vol 128.
Kants moral and legal philosophy kants moral and legal philosophy brings to english readers the finest postwar germanlanguage scholarship on kants moral and legal philosophy. Examining kant s relation to predecessors such as hutcheson, wolff, and baumgarten, it clarifies the central issues in each of kant s major works in practical philosophy, including the groundwork of the metaphysics of morals, the critique of practical reason, and the. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated. Review essay of otfried hoffes kants cosmopolitan theory of law and peace. Kants principle of justice as categorical imperative of. Otfried hoffe guides the reader through the critique one step at a time, expounding kants thoughts, submitting them to an interpretation and drawing a summary conclusion, placing the work and its topics within the context of its modern successors.
Otfried hoffe, kants kategorischer imperativ als kriterium. Kants critique of pure reason is so outstanding among modern philosophical works, that it can be termed the foundation of modern philosophy. Examining kants relation to predecessors such as hutcheson, wolff. His 1971 dissertation was on the practical philosophy of aristotle. From 1964 to 1970, hoffe studied philosophy, history, sociology and theology at the universities of munster, tubingen, saarbrucken and munich. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This seminar will involve a critical reading and discussion of kants major ethical and aesthetical works. Using the categorical imperative of law as a catchword i would like to counter this temptation by drawing attention to an as yet littlenoticed aspect of the concept. Prices in gbp apply to orders placed in great britain only. I argue that this widespread understanding of kant is incompatible with kants claim that the categorical imperative is a synthetic a priori practical judgement.
In 1970 and 1971, he was visiting scholar at columbia university hoffe qualified as a professor in munich in 1974 with a dissertation on strategies of humanity. Hoffe drew to my attention that kant is engaged in a critique not a criticism of enlightenment. Immanuel kant by otfried hoffe overdrive rakuten overdrive. Eric watkins, kant and the metaphysics of causality norman kempsmith, a commentary to kants critique otfried hoffe, kants critique of pure reason karl ameriks, interpreting kants critiques terry pinkard, german idealism 17601860. Otfried hoffe guides the reader through the critique one step at. Kants religion within the boundaries of mere reason edited. Both metaethicists and kant scholars alike use the phrase kantian constructivism to refer to a kind of austere constructivism that holds that substantive ethical conclusions can be derived from the practical standpoint of rational agency as such. Immanuel kant otfried hoffe in this book, hoffe gives a clear, understandable description of kants philosophical development and influence, and he sets forth kants main ideas from the critique of pure reason and the ethics to the philosophy of law, history, religion, and art. Reinier munk, vu university, amsterdam, the netherlands advisory editorial board. With his strong defense of the rights of the person and his deep insight into the strengths and weaknesses of modern society kant, possibly more than any other political thinker, anticipated the problems of the late twentieth century. Since kant published the groundwork more than two hundred years ago, the concept of the categorical imperative has been under such scrutiny that one might be tempted to consider the subject exhausted. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Review essay of otfried hoffe s kant s cosmopolitan theory of law and peace. Kants critique of pure reason the foundation of modern.