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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Formulas Of The Moral Law by Allen Wood
This Element defends a reading of Kants formulas of the moral law in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. It disputes a long tradition concerning what the first formula Universal Law/Law of Nature attempts to do. The Element also expounds the Formulas of Humanity, Autonomy and the Realm of Ends, arguing that it is only the Formula of Humanity from which Kant derives general duties, and that it is only the third formula Autonomy/Realm of Ends that represents a complete and definitive statement of the moral principle as Kant derives it in the Groundwork. The Element also disputes the claim that the various formulas are equivalent, arguing that this claim is either false or else nonsensical because it is grounded on a false premise about what Kant thinks a moral principle is for.show more