The essays in this 2003 book offer a systematic account of the philosophical importance of Kant's lectures on anthropology.

Contributors; 1. Introduction Brian Jacobs and Patrick Kain; 2. Historical notes and interpretive questions about Kant's lectures on anthropology Werner Stark; 3. Kant and the problem of human nature Allen W. Wood; 4. The second part of morals Robert B. Louden; 5. The guiding idea of Kant's anthropology and the vocation of the human being Reinhard Brandt; 6. Kantian character and the problem of a science of humanity Brian Jacobs; 7. Beauty, freedom and morality: Kant's Lectures on Anthropology and the development of his aesthetic theory Paul Guyer; 8. Kant's apology for sensibility Howard Caygill; 9. Kant's 'True economy of human nature': Rousseau, Count Verri and the problem of happiness Susan Meld Shell; 10. Prudential reason in Kant's anthropology Patrick Kain.