Imagination in Kant's Critique of Practical Reason (Studies in Continental Thought)

With particular focus on imagination, Bernard Freydberg presents a close reading of Kant's second critique, The Critique of Practical Reason. In an interpretation that is daring as well as rigorous, Freydberg reveals imagination as both its central force and the bridge that links Kant's three critiques. Freydberg's reading offers a powerful challenge to the widespread view that Kant's ethics calls for rigid, self-denying obedience. Here, to the contrary, the search for self-fulfillment becomes an enormously creative endeavor once imagination is understood as the heart of Kantian ethics. Seasoned scholars and newer students will find a surprising and provocative view of Kant's ethics in this straightforward and accessible book. Principles Of Pure Practical Reason : Imagination And Moral Derivation -- The Concept Of An Object Of Pure Practical Reason : Imagination, Good And Evil, And The Typic -- The Incentives (triebfeder) Of Pure Practical Reason : Incentive-creating Imagination And Moral Feeling -- Dialectic Of Pure Practical Reason In General And Imagination -- Imagination And The Postulates Of Immortality And God -- Imagination And The Moral Extension Of Reason -- Methodology Of Pure Practical Reason : Images And Ecstasy. Bernard Freydberg. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [171]-174) And Indexes. Content: Principles of pure practical reason : imagination and moral "derivation" -- The concept of an object of pure practical reason : imagination, good and evil, and the typic -- The incentives (Triebfeder) of pure practical reason : incentive-creating imagination and moral feeling -- Dialectic of pure practical reason in general and imagination -- Imagination and the postulates of immortality and God -- Imagination and the moral extension of reason -- Methodology of pure practical reason : images and ecstasy. With particular focus on imagination, this work presents a close reading of Kant's second critique, "The Critique of Practical Reason". In an interpretation that is daring as well as rigorous, this work reveals imagination as both its central force and the bridge that links Kant's three critiques. Places imagination squarely at the core of Kant's moral law and ethics