Abstract

Sullivan's book is, as its title indicates, an attempt to present Kant's moral philosophy as a whole. In each of his writings in practical philosophy Kant concentrated on a specific problem stated clearly in his introductory remarks. A great deal of confusion has resulted from the still common practice of treating one of them, the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, as if it were the whole. Of the two complementary methods of remedying the situation, detailed textual analysis of Kant's individual works in moral philosophy and a straightforward overview of the subject, Sullivan has chosen the latter.