Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Kant on Law and Justice: An Overview 1
5. 2. The Innate Right of Humanity 30
6. 3. Private Right I: Acquired Rights 57
7. 4. Private Right II: Property 86
8. 5. Private Right III: Contract and Consent 107
9. 6. Three Defects in the State of Nature 145
10. 7. Public Right I: Giving Laws to Ourselves 182
11. 8. Public Right II: Roads to Freedom 232
12. 9. Public Right III: Redistribution and Equality of Opportunity 267
13. 10. Public Right IV: Punishment 300
14. 11. Public Right V: Revolution and the Right of Human Beings as Such 325
15. Appendix: “A Postulate Incapable of Further Proof ” 355
16. Index 389