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Author | : Sven Nyholm |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2015-07-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3110401320 |
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This book offers new readings of Kant’s “universal law” and “humanity” formulations of the categorical imperative. It shows how, on these readings, the formulas do indeed turn out being alternative statements of the same basic moral law, and in the process responds to many of the standard objections raised against Kant’s theory. Its first chapter briefly explores the ways in which Kant draws on his philosophical predecessors such as Plato (and especially Plato’s Republic) and Jean-Jacque Rousseau. The second chapter offers a new reading of the relation between the universal law and humanity formulas by relating both of these to a third formula of Kant’s, viz. the “law of nature” formula, and also to Kant’s ideas about laws in general and human nature in particular. The third chapter considers and rejects some influential recent attempts to understand Kant’s argument for the humanity formula, and offers an alternative reconstruction instead. Chapter four considers what it is to flourish as a human being in line with Kant’s basic formulas of morality, and argues that the standard readings of the humanity formula cannot properly account for its relation to Kant’s views about the highest human good.
Author | : Michael Cholbi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2016-11-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107163463 |
Download Understanding Kant's Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A systematic guide to Kant's ethical work and the debates surrounding it, accessible to students and specialists alike.
Author | : Samuel J. Kerstein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2002-05-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139434195 |
Download Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
At the core of Kant's ethics lies the claim that if there is a supreme principle of morality then it cannot be a principle based on utilitarianism or Aristotelian perfectionism or the Ten Commandments. The only viable candidate for such a principle is the categorical imperative. This book is the most detailed investigation of this claim. It constructs a new, criterial reading of Kant's derivation of one version of the categorical imperative: the Formula of Universal Law. This reading shows this derivation to be far more compelling than contemporary philosophers tend to believe. It also reveals a novel approach to deriving another version of the categorical imperative, the Formula of Humanity, a principle widely considered to be the most attractive Kantian candidate for the supreme principle of morality. This book will be important not just for Kant scholars but for a broad swathe of students of philosophy.
Author | : Robert Audi |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190251557 |
Download Means, Ends, and Persons Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Kant's injunction that we must treat persons as ends in themselves and never merely as means is plausible but often misunderstood. This book shows how the notions of treating persons as ends in themselves and, by contrast, merely as means, can be anchored outside Kant and clarified in ways that enhance their usefulness in ethical theory and in practical ethics, where they are often felt to have considerable intuitive force.
Author | : Michael Cholbi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2016-10-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1316738078 |
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Kant's ethical thought remains one of the most influential, yet notoriously challenging, systems in the history of philosophy. This volume provides a sympathetic but critical reconstruction of the main strands of Kant's ethics, focusing on the most commonly read of Kant's ethical works, the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Part I outlines Kant's arguments in defense of his Categorical Imperative, as well as elaborating Kant's understanding of dignity and human freedom. Part II addresses the most common objections to Kant's ethics, including challenges to the Formula of Universal Law; Kant's controversial ethical stances on suicide, sex and marriage, and non-human animals; and the place of reason, sentiment, and happiness in Kant's ethics. For scholars and specialists alike, the volume offers a clear and accessible account of what Kantian morality both offers us and asks of us.
Author | : Paul Formosa |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2017-08-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107189241 |
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A clear and original perspective on Kantian ethics that focuses on the dignity, vulnerability and perfectibility of human rational agency.
Author | : Allen Wood |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2017-10-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108349579 |
Download Formulas of the Moral Law Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Element defends a reading of Kant's formulas of the moral law in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. It disputes a long tradition concerning what the first formula (Universal Law/Law of Nature) attempts to do. The Element also expounds the Formulas of Humanity, Autonomy and the Realm of Ends, arguing that it is only the Formula of Humanity from which Kant derives general duties, and that it is only the third formula (Autonomy/Realm of Ends) that represents a complete and definitive statement of the moral principle as Kant derives it in the Groundwork. The Element also disputes the claim that the various formulas are 'equivalent', arguing that this claim is either false or else nonsensical because it is grounded on a false premise about what Kant thinks a moral principle is for.
Author | : Immanuel Kant |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Ethics |
ISBN | : 0415078431 |
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Kant'sMoral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Moralsranks with Plato'sRepublicand Aristotle'sEthicsas one of the most important works of moral philosophy ever written. InMoral Law,Kant argues that a human action is only morally good if it is done from a sense of duty, and that a duty is a formal principle based not on self-interest or from a consideration of what results might follow. From this he derived his famous and controversial maxim, the categorical imperative: "Act as if the maxim of your action were to become by your will a universal law of nature." H. J. Paton's translation remains the standard in English for this work. It retains all of Kant's liveliness of mind, suppressed intellectual excitement, moral earnestness, and pleasure in words. The commentary and detailed analysis that Paton provides is an invaluable and necessary guide for the student and general reader.
Author | : Jeffrie G. Murphy |
Publisher | : Mercer University Press |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780865544437 |
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Author | : Immanuel Kant |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0300128150 |
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Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important texts in the history of ethics. In it Kant searches for the supreme principle of morality and argues for a conception of the moral life that has made this work a continuing source of controversy and an object of reinterpretation for over two centuries. This new edition of Kant’s work provides a fresh translation that is uniquely faithful to the German original and more fully annotated than any previous translation. There are also four essays by well-known scholars that discuss Kant’s views and the philosophical issues raised by the Groundwork. J.B. Schneewind defends the continuing interest in Kantian ethics by examining its historical relation both to the ethical thought that preceded it and to its influence on the ethical theories that came after it; Marcia Baron sheds light on Kant’s famous views about moral motivation; and Shelly Kagan and Allen W. Wood advocate contrasting interpretations of Kantian ethics and its practical implications.