PHIL 465: Kant's Moral Philosophy and Its Critics

A study of some of the major ethical writings of Immanuel Kant, possibly the greatest moral philosopher in the Western tradition-Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, selections from Critique of Practical Reason, Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone. Also Arthur Schopenhauer's critique of Kant's ethics, On the Basis of Morality. Brief attention to Hegel's critique of Kant.