Moral Self-Regard: Duties to Oneself in

Moral Self-Regarddraws on the work of Marcia Baron, Joseph Butler and Allen Wood, among others in this first extensive study of the nature, foundation and significance of duties to oneself in Kant's moral theory.

Preface

xi

Abbreviations: References to Kant's Works

xiii

Introduction

1

(8)

Introduction

1

(1)

Objections to Duties to Oneself

2

(4)

Duties to Oneself as Incoherent

2

(1)

Morality as Social

3

(1)

Self-Regarding Duties as Paternalistic

4

(1)

Self-Regarding Duties as Fraudulent

5

(1)

The Tasks Ahead

6

(3)

Kant's Taxonomy of Duties

9

(36)

Introduction

9

(1)

Juridical and Ethical Legislation

9

(3)

Duties of Right and Duties of Virtue

12

(18)

Introductory Points

12

(1)

Duties of Virtue and Internal Freedom

13

(1)

The Motive of Duty and Obligatory Ends

14

(1)

Perfect Ethical Duties and Ends

15

(4)

Right

19

(2)

Right and Self-Regard

21

(9)

Narrow and Wide Duties

30

(6)

Actions and Maxims

30

(2)

Perfect Ethical Duties

32

(4)

Perfect and Imperfect Duties

36

(7)

Form

36

(2)

Merit

38

(2)

Stringency

40

(3)

Conclusion

43

(2)

Rational Nature as an End in Itself

45

(40)

Introduction

45

(1)

The Categorical Imperative as the Supreme Moral Principle

46

(5)

The Formula of Humanity as a Categorical Imperative

51

(16)

The Formulations

51

(1)

Humanity as an End in Itself

52

(1)

Humanity

52

(2)

Ends

54

(4)

Arguments

58

(8)

The Kind of End that Humanity Is

66

(1)

FH as a Ground of Ethical Duties

67

(9)

Perfect Ethical Duties

67

(3)

Imperfect Duties

70

(1)

Maxims of Ends

71

(2)

Appropriate Regard

73

(3)

FH as the Grounding Principle for Duties to Oneself

76

(8)

Kant's Explanations of Duties to Oneself

76

(2)

The Role of FH in Kant's Moral System

78

(2)

FH and Human Agency

80

(4)

Conclusion

84

(1)

Duties to Oneself

85

(40)

Introduction

85

(2)

Perfect Duties to Oneself

87

(23)

Perfect Duties to Oneself as a Moral Being Only

88

(1)

Servility

88

(3)

Lying

91

(5)

Avarice

96

(1)

Perfect Duties to Oneself as an Animal and Moral Being

97

(2)

Gluttony and Drunkenness

99

(1)

Suicide and Self-Mutilation

100

(2)

Sexual Self-Degradation

102

(3)

Natural Teleology

105

(5)

Imperfect Duties to Oneself

110

(7)

Natural Perfection

111

(2)

Moral Perfection

113

(2)

Ends and Perfect Duties

115

(2)

Objections

117

(6)

Conclusion

123

(2)

Duties to Oneself and Duties to Others

125

(38)

Introduction

125

(1)

Duties to Oneself and Duties to Others

126

(8)

Perfect Duties: Self and Other

126

(4)

Imperfect Duties: Self and Other

130

(4)

Justifying the Difference Between the Obligatory Ends

134

(23)

Happiness

135

(8)

Perfection

143

(11)

Summary and Implications

154

(1)

Happiness and Virtue

154

(1)

Perfection and Paternalism

155

(1)

FH and Realizing Rational Nature

156

(1)

Conclusion: The Primacy of Duties to Oneself

157

(6)

Virtue, Character, and Self-Regard

163

(56)

Introduction

163

(1)

The Virtuous Person and the Pursuit of Virtue

163

(9)

Objections to Kantian Virtue and Self-Regard

172

(5)

Domination and Fanaticism

172

(2)

Preoccupation and Narcissism

174

(1)

Inner Antagonism and Alienation

175

(2)

Boredom and Lack of Diversity

177

(1)

Responses to Objections

177

(11)

Domination and Fanaticism

177

(3)

Preoccupation and Narcissism

180

(2)

Inner Antagonism and Alienation

182

(3)

Boredom and Lack of Diversity

185

(1)

Conclusion

186

(2)

Kant's Moral Self-Regard and Alternatives to it

188

(28)

Kant's Moral Self-Regard

188

(2)

Non-Moral Self-Interest

190

(1)

Egoistic Hedonism

190

(3)

Global Desire-Satisfaction

193

(1)

Utilitarinism

194

(1)

Crude Utilitarianism

195

(5)

Other Forms of Utilitarianism

200

(8)

Aristotelian Self-Love

208

(8)

Conclusion

216

(3)

Conclusion

219

(14)

Overview

219

(6)

Vindication of Kantian Duties to Oneself as Duties to Oneself

225

(5)

Conclusion

230

(3)

Bibliography

233

(8)

Index

241

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