Immanuel Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the history of moral philosophy. Indeed, any student of ethics will soon encounter a translation of the book, although trying to read it is likely to cause bewilderment. What, one may ask, is Kant trying to say? This book provides the answers. Here, seven highly regarded teachers and scholars of Kant's ethics offer remarkably clear explanations of the most important concepts in the Groundwork: the good will, happiness, duty, hypothetical and categorical imperatives, the Formula of Universal Law, the Formula of Humanity, and freedom. Contents:

Preface

The Good Will, Nataliya Palatnik

Happiness, Anne Margaret Baxley

Duty, Laura Papish

Imperatives, Tamar Schapiro

The Formula of Universal Law, Kyla Ebels-Duggan

The Formula of Humanity, Japa Pallikkathayil

Freedom, Lucy Allais

About the Contributors

Index

Nataliya Palatnik?is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee.?Anne Margaret Baxley?is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis.?Laura Papish?is Associate Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University.?Tamar Schapiro?is Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.?Kyla Ebels-Duggan?is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University.?Japa Pallikkathayil?is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh.?Lucy Allais?is Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and the University of the Witwatersr and, Johannesburg.?Steven M. Cahn?is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center.