Introduction: Modern moral philosophy, 1600-1800
Hume. 1. Morality psychologized and the passions. 2. Rational deliberation and the role of reason. 3. Justice as an artificial virtue. 4. The critique of rational intuitionism. 5. The judicious spectator
Leibniz. 1. His metaphysical perfectionism. 2. Spirits as active substances: their freedom
Kant. 1. Groundwork: preface and part I. 2. The categorical imperative: The first formulation. 3. The categorical imperative: the second formulation. 4. The categorical imperative: the third formulation. 5. The priority of right and the object of the moral law. 6. Moral constructivism. 7. The fact of reason. 8. The moral law as the law of freedom. 9. The moral psychology of the religion, book I. 10. The unity of reason
Hegel. 1. His Rechtsphilosophie. 2. Ethical life and liberalism.