Books in the Cambridge Critical Guides series

This collection of new essays is the only book devoted to a philosophical and scholarly study of Kant's lectures on ethics. Providing significant new insights into Kant's moral thought, it is of interest to students and scholars of Kant, ethics, political philosophy, religious studies and the history of ideas.

Offering a fresh set of perspectives on one of Kierkegaard's most influential and popular works, this collection of essays offers both newcomers and Kierkegaard scholars a wide range of balanced interpretations, from traditional philosophical readings to recent textual and literary accounts.

Provides a critical and philosophically informed exploration of this, one of the most mature, sophisticated, and carefully crafted scientific writings, in which Aristotle gives an account of animal reproductive processes. Important for scholars and students of ancient philosophy and of the history and philosophy of science.

This collection of specially commissioned new essays philosophically examines Aquinas's major work on evil. The first book-length English-language study of Aquinas's work on evil, the chapters examine a diverse range of issues relevant to disciplines including medieval philosophy, ethics, philosophy of action, metaphysics, history of philosophy, and theology.

Bringing together an international and diverse team of authors, this book makes use of cutting-edge research to provide new perspectives on Spinoza's masterpiece, addressing issues including identity, rationality, and freedom. The volume will appeal to scholars and students of modern philosophy, metaphysics, and Jewish thought.

This book presents new readings of all parts of Plato's Symposium and offers fresh perspectives on topics including beauty, desire, and immortality. Students and scholars in philosophy and classics will benefit from this insightful and critical examination of a complex and influential dialogue of philosophical, historical, and literary interest.

Despite being a great influence on nineteenth-century philosophy, Fichte's Foundations of Natural Right remains little understood. This Guide presents cutting-edge research that highlights its most important ideas and innovations. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of German Idealism, nineteenth-century philosophy, and the history of political thought.

Kant's monumental Critique was arguably the most conceptually revolutionary work in the history of philosophy, but it is a notoriously difficult work, and its philosophical significance is hotly disputed. In this volume, experts clarify Kant's arguments and address the latest controversies, making it invaluable for students and scholars of Kant.

In Religion, Kant addresses the relationship between faith and reason, framed largely in terms of the relationship between religion and morality. This volume provides a synoptic view of Kant's major work of religious thought. This collection of essays will be useful for those studying Kant and the philosophy of religion.

This volume is the first comprehensive assessment of Kant's lectures on anthropology. Exploring a wide range of topics, from the epistemological and psychological to the moral and cultural, this collection is of interest to scholars and upper-level students of Kant, the history of anthropology and the social sciences.

Arguably the foundational text of Western political theory, Aristotle's Politics has become one of the most carefully studied works in ethical and political philosophy. This volume offers fresh interpretations of Aristotle's key work by internationally renowned contributors and opens new paths for students and scholars to explore.

This volume is the first comprehensive assessment of Kant's lectures on anthropology. Exploring a wide range of topics, from the epistemological and psychological to the moral and cultural, this collection is of interest to scholars and upper-level students of Kant, the history of anthropology and the social sciences.

This collection of new essays is the only book devoted to a philosophical and scholarly study of Kant's lectures on ethics. Providing significant new insights into Kant's moral thought, it is of interest to students and scholars of Kant, ethics, political philosophy, religious studies and the history of ideas.

Offering a fresh set of perspectives on one of Kierkegaard's most influential and popular works, this collection of essays offers both newcomers and Kierkegaard scholars a wide range of balanced interpretations, from traditional philosophical readings to recent textual and literary accounts.

Exploring the key themes of Hegel's seminal work of legal, social and political philosophy - Elements of the Philosophy of Right - this series of essays, written by leading experts in the field, adopts a fresh perspective to make readers aware of the breadth and depth of this classic work.

This volume provides cutting-edge research on Aristotle's Physics by reassessing its key concepts, reconstructing its methodology, and determining the boundaries of Aristotle's natural philosophy. Due to the foundational nature of Aristotle's Physics itself, this volume is a must-read for all scholars working on Aristotle.

This volume examines the relationship between theology and philosophy in Augustine's City of God, offering ways of negotiating the contested boundary between faith and reason. Topics covered include Augustine's notion of the secular, his critique of pagan virtue, dystopian politics and moral psychology, and his conception of a Christian philosophy.

Descartes' Meditations, one of the most influential works in western philosophy, continues to provoke discussion and debate. These essays by leading established and emerging early modern scholars examine a range of central and less-studied topics in the Meditations.

A guide to two early anthropological, ethical and aesthetic writings that mark a turning point in Kant's thought. Of interest to scholars of modern philosophy and its origins and to those studying German idealist philosophy, philosophical anthropology and political science.

Where does our contemporary morality come from and what purposes does it really serve? What would post-moral values look like? Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality tackles such central questions of ethics with unsurpassed brilliance and here fourteen leading philosophers mine that work for answers to these and other questions.

These 2010 essays offer a plurality of critical approaches to Kierkegaard's fundamental text of existential philosophy. They cover hotly debated topics such as the tension between the Socratic-philosophical and the Christian-religious; the identity of Kierkegaard's pseudonym 'Johannes Climacus'; his conceptions of paradoxical faith and of passionate understanding; and his contemporary pertinence.

Where does our contemporary morality come from and what purposes does it really serve? What would post-moral values look like? Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality tackles such central questions of ethics with unsurpassed brilliance and here fourteen leading philosophers mine that work for answers to these and other questions.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important ethical treatises ever written, and has had a profound influence on the subsequent development of ethics. This collection of essays, written by both senior and younger scholars in the field, presents a thorough and close examination of the work.

The essays in this volume provide a picture of the most interesting aspects of Plato's Republic, addressing questions that continue to puzzle and provoke today. This volume will be essential to those looking for thoughtful and detailed excursions into the problems posed by Plato's text and ideas.

This volume provides essays on the Laws, Plato's last dialogue and major work of political philosophy besides the Republic. The essays cover a wide range of topics in the Laws, including political and ethical philosophy, psychology, theology and aesthetics. It will interest philosophers, classicists and political theorists.

Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was published anonymously in 1670 and immediately provoked huge debate. This Critical Guide presents essays by well-known scholars in the field and covers a broad range of topics, including the political theory and the metaphysics of the work.

Lively current debates about narratives of historical progress, the conditions for international justice, and the implications of globalization have prompted a renewed interest in Kant's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim. The essays in this volume discuss the questions that are at the core of Kant's investigations.

This collection of essays deepens but also challenges our understanding of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, revisiting major themes such as the connection between meaning and use, the nature of concepts, thought and intentionality, and language games. Its genuinely critical approach demonstrates Wittgenstein's relevance for contemporary philosophy.

This collection of essays, by international Kant scholars and moral philosophers, discusses Kant's philosophical development and his rejection of earlier moral theories, the role of happiness and inclination in the Groundwork, Kant's metaphysics and theory of value, and his attempt to justify the categorical imperative as a principle of freedom.

Lively current debates about narratives of historical progress, the conditions for international justice, and the implications of globalization have prompted a renewed interest in Kant's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim. The essays in this volume discuss the questions that are at the core of Kant's investigations.