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Author | : Sven Nyholm |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2015-07-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3110401401 |
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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 | : 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 | : 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
This book is a full-scale account of the morally important ideas of treating persons merely as means and treating them as ends. Audi clarifies these independently of Kant, but with implications for understanding him, and presents a theory of conduct that enhances their usefulness both in ethical theory and in practical ethics.
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 | : Paul Formosa |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2017-08-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107189241 |
Download Kantian Ethics, Dignity and Perfection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A clear and original perspective on Kantian ethics that focuses on the dignity, vulnerability and perfectibility of human rational agency.
Author | : Christine Marion Korsgaard |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198753853 |
Download Fellow Creatures Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presents a compelling new view of our moral relationships to the other animals
Author | : Derek Parfit |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2017-02-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191084379 |
Download On What Matters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Derek Parfit presents the third volume of On What Matters, his landmark work of moral philosophy. Parfit develops further his influential treatment of reasons, normativity, the meaning of moral discourse, and the status of morality. He engages with his critics, and shows the way to resolution of their differences. This volume is partly about what it is for things to matter, in the sense that we all have reasons to care about these things. Much of the book discusses three of the main kinds of meta-ethical theory: Normative Naturalism, Quasi-Realist Expressivism, and Non-Metaphysical Non-Naturalism, which Derek Parfit now calls Non-Realist Cognitivism. This third theory claims that, if we use the word 'reality' in an ontologically weighty sense, irreducibly normative truths have no mysterious or incredible ontological implications. If instead we use 'reality' in a wide sense, according to which all truths are truths about reality, this theory claims that some non-empirically discoverable truths-such as logical, mathematical, modal, and some normative truths-raise no difficult ontological questions. Parfit discusses these theories partly by commenting on the views of some of the contributors to Peter Singer's collection Does Anything Really Matter? Parfit on Objectivity. Though Peter Railton is a Naturalist, he has widened his view by accepting some further claims, and he has suggested that this wider version of Naturalism could be combined with Non-Realist Cognitivism. Parfit argues that Railton is right, since these theories no longer deeply disagree. Though Allan Gibbard is a Quasi-Realist Expressivist, he has suggested that the best version of his view could be combined with Non-Realist Cognitivism. Parfit argues that Gibbard is right, since Gibbard and he now accept the other's main meta-ethical claim. It is rare for three such different philosophical theories to be able to be widened in ways that resolve their deepest disagreements. This happy convergence supports the view that these meta-ethical theories are true. Parfit also discusses the views of several other philosophers, and some other meta-ethical and normative questions.
Author | : Michael Cholbi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2016-10-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1316738078 |
Download Understanding Kant's Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Onora O'Neill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521388160 |
Download Constructions of Reason Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book traces the alleged incoherences to attempts to assimilate Kant's ethical writings to modern conceptions of rationality, actions and rights.