Imagination in Kant's Critique of Practical Reason

With particular focus on imagination, Bernard Freydberg presents a close
reading of Kant's second critique, The Critique of Practical Reason. In an
interpretation that is daring as well as rigorous, Freydberg reveals imagination as
both its central force and the bridge that links Kant's three critiques. Freydberg's
reading offers a powerful challenge to the widespread view that Kant's ethics calls
for rigid, self-denying obedience. Here, to the contrary, the search for
self-fulfillment becomes an enormously creative endeavor once imagination is
understood as the heart of Kantian ethics. Seasoned scholars and newer students will
find a surprising and provocative view of Kant's ethics in this straightforward and
accessible book.