Table of Contents: Preface
Introduction
Part 1. Biographical introduction
Preliminary remarks
1. In search of a critical philosophy
2. Sociological theories and practical achievements
3. Political activity
4. Completion of the theories
Conclusion
Part 2. The moral philosopher
Introduction
1. Moral ideas as primary ideas: necessary truths
2. From necessary truths to the divine Being
3. The relations between the elements of the moral law
4. From theoretical law to action and to judgement in particular cases
5. Reason and feeling as faculties of moral action
Conclusion
Part 3. The political theorist
Introduction
1. The theorist of the American Revolution
2. The defender of the French Revolution
General conclusion
Select bibliography
Notes
Index