New Essays on the History of Autonomy

Kantian autonomy is often thought to be independent of time and place, but J. B. Schneewind in his landmark study, The Invention of Autonomy, has shown that there is much to be learned by setting Kant''s moral philosophy in the context of the history of modern moral philosophy. The distinguished authors in the collection continue Schneewind''s project by relating Kant''s work to the historical con...