Law and Morality in Kant

Martin Brecher is a faculty member at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Mannheim. He is the author of Vernunftrecht und Verdinglichung: Eine Rekonstruktion von Kants Eherecht (2025) and co-editor of Kant on Sex, Love, and Friendship (2023). Philipp-Alexander Hirsch is leader of the Independent Research Group 'Criminal Law Theory' at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg. He is the author of Kants Einleitung in die Rechtslehre von 1784 (2012) and Freiheit und Staatlichkeit bei Kant (2017).

• Introduction Martin Brecher and Philipp-Alexander Hirsch; Part I. Law and Morality: Derivation or Separation?: 1. Kant on moral universality and the normative foundations of right Marcus Willaschek; 2. Kant's direct route from the categorical imperative to the universal law of right Bernd Ludwig; 3. Kant on the general will test and the categorical imperative procedure Christoph Horn; 4. Kant's right as normatively independent. one strategy considered and rejected Sorin Baiasu; Part II. Sanctions and Coercion – A Problem for a Derivational Reading?: 5. Legal coercion as a moral problem? Kant on the enforcement of rights and the limits of moral personality Philipp-Alexander Hirsch; 6. Should criminals be punished for their folly? On the ethical foundations of Kant's legal philosophy Kate Moran and Jens Timmermann; Part III. Issues Across the Boundaries of Law and Morality: 7. Morality, legality and luck Ralf Bader; 8. Kant on permissive law Martin Brecher; 9. Bridging the juridical gap: ethical and juridical duties in the absence of political institutions Alice Pinheiro Walla; Part IV. External Freedom and Kantian Legal Philosophy: 10. The Kantian legal relation as radical non-positivism George Pavlakos; 11. What is external freedom? Japa Pallikkathayil; Part V. Law and Morality in Kant's Political Theory: 12. Two conceptions of freedom in Kant's political philosophy: the moral foundations of Kantian politics J. P. Messina; 13. Independence and Kant's positive conception of freedom Pauline Kleingeld; 14. Morality, right, and responsibility Paul Guyer; Bibliography; Indices.