This is the first book-length study in any language to examine in detail and critically assess the second part of Kant's ethics--an empirical, impure part, which determines how best to apply pure principles to the human situation. Drawing attention to Kant's under-explored impure ethics, this revealing investigation refutes the common and long-standing misperception that Kants ethics advocates empty formalism. Making detailed use of a variety of Kantian texts never before translated into English, author Robert B. Louden reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of Kantian ethics as a whole, once the second part is re-admitted to its rightful place within Kant's practical philosophy.

• Preface


• Part I


• Chapter 1.: What is Impure Ethics?


• Part II


• Chapter 2.: Education


• Chapter 3.: Anthropology


• Chapter 4.: Art and Religion


• Chapter 5.: History


• Part III


• Chapter 6.: Saved by Impurity?


• References


• Index