Workshop: Themes from Groundwork III

Time: 12:00-17:00 (with dinner afterwards)

The third section of the Groundwork contains an attempt to establish Kant’s supreme principle of morality. Here, Kant considers the nature of reason, freedom, autonomy, morality, obligation, and the relationship between these concepts.  This workshop will consider four papers on Groundwork III, exploring this special and difficult terrain. We will circulate these papers in advance, and discuss them at the workshop. Our papers (and speakers) are as follows:

• John Callanan (King’s College London), ‘Kant and the Explanation of Morality’.

• Joe Saunders (University of Sheffield), ‘From Reason to Freedom to Autonomy: A Defence of Korsgaard’sGroundwork III’.

• Robert Stern (University of Sheffield), ‘Kant’s Argument for Freedom in Groundwork III’

• Martin Sticker (University of St. Andrews), ‘How can Common Human Reason confirm the Correctness of the Deduction in Groundwork III?’

This workshop is free and open to all. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail [email protected], and I will pass on the papers (and further details) in due course.