Contents

Preface to the first edition page 

Preface to the second edition 
Prize essay on the freedom of the will 
I Definitions of concepts 
) What does freedom mean? 
) What does self-conciousness mean? 
II The will before self-consciousness 
III The will before consciousness of other things 
IV Predecessors 
V Conclusion and higher viewpoint 
Appendix, to supplement the first chapter 

Prize essay on the basis of morals 

I Introduction 
§ On the problem 
§ General retrospect 
II Critique of the foundation given to ethics by Kant 
§ Overview 
§ On the imperative form of Kantian ethics 
§ On the assumption of duties to ourselves in particular 
§ On the foundation of Kantian ethics 
Note 
§ On the highest principle of Kantian ethics 
§ On the derived forms of the highest principle of Kantian ethics 
§ Kant’s doctrine of conscience 
§ Kant’s doctrine of the intelligible and empirical character – Theory
of freedom 
Note 
§ Fichte’s ethics as enlarging mirror for the faults of Kant’s 
III Grounding of ethics 
§ Requirements 
§ Sceptical viewpoint 

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  The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
§ Anti-moral incentives 
§ Criterion of actions of moral worth 
§ Presentation and proof of the sole genuine moral incentive 
§ The virtue of justice 
§ The virtue of loving kindness 
§ Confirmations of the foundation of morals expounded 
§ On the ethical difference of characters 
IV Towards the metaphysical interpretation of the primary ethical
phenomenon 
§ Explanation of this addition 
§ Metaphysical basis 
Judgment of the Royal Danish Society of Sciences 

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