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Author: Alice Pinheiro Walla
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-09-23
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 179363355X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyses Kant’s assumptions about happiness and the implications they have for his moral, political, and legal thought. It provides a “map” of the different areas in which the concept of happiness appears in his practical philosophy and examines how it relates to the main themes of his practical philosophy.
Author: Paul Guyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-02-13
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780521654210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKant is often portrayed as the author of a rigid system of ethics in which adherence to a formal and universal principle of morality - the famous categorical imperative - is an end itself, and any concern for human goals and happiness a strictly secondary and subordinate matter. Such a theory seems to suit perfectly rational beings but not human beings. The twelve essays in this collection by one of the world's preeminent Kant scholars argue for a radically different account of Kant's ethics. They explore an interpretation of the moral philosophy according to which freedom is the fundamental end of human action, but an end that can only be preserved and promoted by adherence to moral law. By radically revising the traditional interpretation of Kant's moral and political philosophy and by showing how Kant's coherent liberalism can guide us in current debates, Paul Guyer will find an audience across moral and political philosophy, intellectual history, and political science.
Author: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-06-11
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0486113027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 1788 work, based on belief in the immortality of the soul, established Kant as a vindicator of the truth of Christianity. It offers the most complete statement of his theory of free will.
Author: Mark Timmons
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-03-08
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0199875367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume of new essays provides a comprehensive and structured examination of Kant's justification of norms, a crucial but neglected theme in Kantian practical philosophy. The essays engage with the view that a successful account of justification of normative claims has to be non-metaphysical and go on to pursue further implications in ethics, legal and political philosophy, and philosophy of religion.
Author: Vojin Rakić
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-04-08
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 3030724735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book deals with good, evil, happiness and morally enhanced post-humans. It offers a succinct historical elaboration of philosophical stances towards morality and happiness, focusing on Kant's ideas in particular. Human augmented ethical maturity in a futuristic version of Kant’s Ethical Commonwealth implies, among else, voluntary moral bio-enhancement (VMBE); consequently, more happiness – as morality and happiness are in a circularly supportive relationship; ultimate morality (UM). UM is in its own way a universal morality. In line with the contention that Kant’s vision of the (not immediate but more distant) future of humanity is one of a cosmopolitan moral order in which humans act virtuously in the broadest possible community, that is, humanity, it is justified to conclude that successful VMBE is conducive to Kant’s vision. In this context the book is of great interest to a broad audience, such as those interested in VMBE and novel conceptions of morality, and those with an interest in the historical development of morality and happiness, in philosophy (specifically, ethics) and in post-humanity.
Author: Ana Marta González
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-03-18
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 3030664686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book joins the contemporary recovery of Kant’s empirical works to highlight the relevance of his concept of culture for understanding the sources of various characteristic modern dilemmas, such as the tension between culture and happiness, the morally ambivalent nature of cultural progress, or the existing conflicts between a factual plurality of cultures and the historical forces pressing toward a universal civilization. The book will be of special interest for Kantian scholars, moral and political philosophers, as well as philosophers of culture.
Author: Kristi E. Sweet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-07-18
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1107037239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive account of Kant's practical philosophy that highlights the unity across its disparate themes.
Author: Joachim Aufderheide
Publisher: Mind Association Occasional
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0198714017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe notion of the highest good used to occupy a primary role in ethical theorising, but has largely disappeared from the contemporary landscape. The notion was central to both Aristotle's and Kant's ethical theories, however--a surprising observation given that their approaches to ethics are commonly conceived as being diametrically opposed. The essays in this collection provide a comprehensive treatment of the highest good in Aristotle and Kant and show that, even though there are important differences in terms of content, there are also important similarities in terms of the structural features of Aristotle's and Kant's value theories. By carefully analysing Aristotle's and Kant's theories of the highest good, a team of experts in the field shed light on their respective ethical theories and highlight the richness, complexity, and fruitfulness of the notion of the highest good.
Author: Fabian Freyenhagen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-07-25
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1107036542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA unique exploration of Adorno's ethics, defending his challenging views about how to live in an evil world.
Author: Stephen P. Engstrom
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-08-27
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0674053796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImmanuel Kant's claim that the categorical imperative of morality is based in practical reason has long been a source of puzzlement and doubt, even for sympathetic interpreters. In The Form of Practical Knowledge, Stephen Engstrom provides an illuminating new interpretation of the categorical imperative, arguing that we have exaggerated and misconceived Kant's break with tradition. By developing an account of practical knowledge that situates Kant's ethics within his broader epistemology, Engstrom’s work deepens and reshapes our understanding of Kantian ethics.
