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27Kant's practical philosophyIn Karl Ameriks (ed.), The Cambridge companion to German idealism, Cambridge University Press. pp. 57--75. 2000.
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26Attacking Morality: A Metaethical ProjectCanadian Journal of Philosophy 25 (sup1): 221-249. 1995.
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25Critique, Norm, and Utopia: A Study of the Foundations of Critical TheoryPhilosophical Review 97 (1): 107. 1988.
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257. Hegel’s Critique of MoralityIn Ludwig Siep (ed.), G. W. F. Hegel: Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. pp. 147-166. 2014.
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24Kant's Rational Theology.Lectures on Philosophical TheologyPhilosophical Review 89 (2): 285. 1980.
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21Mary J. Gregor 1928-1994Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 68 (5). 1995.Brief biography of Mary Gregor
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21Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason: And Other Writings (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1998.Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is a key element of the system of philosophy which Kant introduced with his Critique of Pure Reason, and a work of major importance in the history of Western religious thought. It represents a great philosopher's attempt to spell out the form and content of a type of religion that would be grounded in moral reason and would meet the needs of ethical life. It includes sharply critical and boldly constructive discussions on topics not often treated by …Read more
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16Unsettling Obligations: Essays on Reason, Reality, and the Ethics of BeliefCenter for the Study of Language and Inf. 2002.Should we hold beliefs only insofar as they are rationally supportable? According to Allen W. Wood, we're morally obliged to do so—and yet how does this apply to religious beliefs? _Unsettling Obligations_ examines these and related ethical and philosophical issues, taking and defending stances on many of them. Along with the theme of belief and evidence, other topics include a historical perspective of philosophy based on the Enlightenment rationalist tradition and a study of how our practical …Read more
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16Enlightenment, revolution and romanticism: the Genesis of modern German political thought, 1790–1800History of European Ideas 17 (6): 804-806. 1993.
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16Fichte's Ethical ThoughtOxford University Press UK. 2016.Allen W. Wood presents the first book-length systematic exposition in English of Fichte's most important ethical work, the System of Ethics. He places this work in the context of Fichte's life and career, of his philosophical system, and in relation to his philosophy of right or justice and politics. Wood discusses Fichte's defense of freedom of the will, his grounding of the moral principle, theory of moral conscience, transcendental deduction of intersubjectivity, and his conception of free ra…Read more
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15The Immortality of Moral FaithProceedings of the Sixth International Kant Congress 2 (2): 417-437. 1989.
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15Kant and ReligionCambridge University Press. 2020.This masterful work on Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason explores Kant's treatment of the Idea of God, his views concerning evil, and the moral grounds for faith in God. Kant and Religion works to deepen our understanding of religion's place and meaning within the history of human culture, touching on Kant's philosophical stance regarding theoretical, moral, political, and religious matters. Wood's breadth of knowledge of Kant's corpus, philosophical sharpness, and depth of re…Read more
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15Drive, Desire and Volition in FichteIn Sally Sedgwick & Dina Emundts (eds.), Begehren / Desire, De Gruyter. pp. 75-96. 2018.
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14Formulas of the Moral LawCambridge University Press. 2017.This Element defends a reading of Kant's formulas of the moral law in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. It disputes a long tradition concerning what the first formula attempts to do. The Element also expounds the Formulas of Humanity, Autonomy and the Realm of Ends, arguing that it is only the Formula of Humanity from which Kant derives general duties, and that it is only the third formula that represents a complete and definitive statement of the moral principle as Kant derives it in the…Read more
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14Thom Brooks and the ‘Systematic’ Reading of HegelHegel Bulletin 33 (2): 16-22. 2012.Hegel was a systematic philosopher, who grounded his system on a speculative logic. But his greatest philosophical contributions lie in his reflections on human culture: ethics, social and political philosophy, aesthetics, religion and the philosophy of history. This fact poses a problem for anyone who accepts it and then attempts to provide a philosophical discussion of Hegel's thought with the aim of making it available to a later age.There can be no doubt that any authentic treatment of Hegel…Read more
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137. Hegel’s Critique of MoralityIn Ludwig Siep (ed.), G. W. F. Hegel: Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, De Gruyter. pp. 131-148. 2016.
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12Religion and Rational Theology (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2001.This volume collects for the first time in a single volume all of Kant's writings on religion and rational theology. These works were written during a period of conflict between Kant and the Prussian authorities over his religious teachings. His final statement of religion was made after the death of King Frederick William II in 1797. The historical context and progression of this conflict are charted in the general introduction to the volume and in the translators' introductions to particular t…Read more
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12Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals: With an Updated Translation, Introduction, and Notes (edited book)Yale University Press. 2018._Now in a new, affordable edition with updated notes, a superbly readable translation of Kant’s classic work_ This work, one of the most important texts in the history of ethics, presents Immanuel Kant’s conception of moral self-government based on pure reason. It has been a source of controversy and an object of reinterpretation for over two centuries. This new edition of Kant’s work provides a fresh translation that is uniquely faithful to the German original and more fully annotated than any …Read more
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12Religion and Rational Theology: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuael Kant (edited book)Cambridge UP. 1996.This Volume contains seven works of Kant, newly translated and edited, with Introductions. What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking? 1786 (Allen Wood) On the miscarriage of all philosophical trials in theodicy. 1791 (George di Giovanni Religion within the boundaries of mere reason. 1793 (George di Giovanni) The end of all things. 1794 (Allen Wood) The conflict of the faculties. 1798 (Mary J. Gregor & Robert Anchor) Preface to Reinhold Bernhard Jackmann's examination of the Kantian Philos…Read more
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