Kant, Ought Implies Can, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, and Happiness
Kant, Ought Implies Can, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, and Happiness

Author: Samuel Kahn

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-12-31

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1498519628

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Throughout his corpus, Kant repeatedly and resolutely denies that there is a duty to promote one’s own happiness, and most present-day Kantians seem to agree with him. In Kant, Ought Implies Can, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, and Happiness, Samuel Kahn argues that this denial rests on two main ideas: (1) a conception of duty that makes the principle of ought implies can (OIC) and the principle of alternate possibilities (PAP) analytic, and (2) the claim that humans necessarily promote their own happiness. This book defends OIC and PAP but nonetheless attacks the second idea, and it supplements this attack with two additional arguments—an interpersonal one and an intrapersonal one—for the claim that a modern day Kantian ethics should affirm a duty to promote one’s own happiness.

Understanding Kant's Ethics
Understanding Kant's Ethics

Author: Michael Cholbi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-11-17

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1107163463

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A systematic guide to Kant's ethical work and the debates surrounding it, accessible to students and specialists alike.

Kant's Theory of Conscience
Kant's Theory of Conscience

Author: Samuel Kahn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1108682073

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The main body of this Element, about Kant's theory of conscience, is divided into two sections. The first focuses on exegesis of Kant's ethics. One of the overarching theses of this section of the Element is that, although many of Kant's claims about conscience are prima facie inconsistent, a close examination of context generally can dissolve apparent contradictions. The second section of the Element focuses on philosophical issues in Kantian ethics. One of the overarching theses of this section of the Element is that many positions traditionally associated with Kantian ethics, including the denial of moral luck, the nonaccidental rightness condition, and the guise of the objectively good, are at variance with Kant's ethics.

Kant and Religion
Kant and Religion

Author: Allen W. Wood

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1108422349

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Explores Kant's philosophy of religion and morality through his Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason.

Problem-Based Ethics
Problem-Based Ethics

Author: Samuel Kahn

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2024-12-03

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1538195313

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As a broad critique and invitation to reframe the study of ethics, Problem-Based Ethics welcomes scholars and students across disciplines to engage with ethics as a way to explore pervasive questions of our society and human existence. Stepping back from the intricacies of theory and from heated political debates, Samuel Kahn’s synthesis of the study of ethics asks readers to consider even the most contentious of topics like abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia from their most basic questions. This approach reveals opportunities for more nuanced and evolving ethical positions. It also promotes a culture of civility too often destroyed in politicized debates in scholarly and popular forums. The book covers standard issues in metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics, such as the objectivism/subjectivism debate, the consequentialism/deontology/virtue ethics/ethics of care debate, and the abortion debate. It also introduces more advanced issues such as distributive justice and environmental ethics, as well as less standard questions often of interest to laypeople and students, such as whether crime can be eliminated.

Saved by Grace through Faith or Saved by Decree?
Saved by Grace through Faith or Saved by Decree?

Author: Geoffrey D. Robinson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-04-07

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 1666728896

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This work addresses a topic of interest to many people who are seeking to better understand the Christian doctrine of salvation (soteriology). It is written to provide a systematic biblical and theological critique of a particularly popular perspective of this doctrine that has seen something of a resurgence in recent years, namely Calvinism. The book is structured around the so-called five points of Calvinism, commonly referred to by the acronym TULIP: Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, and Perseverance of the saints. Following an initial chapter outlining the historical development of the doctrine, each of the five points are examined in subsequent chapters. Each point is described in the words of prominent Calvinist scholars, key biblical texts purporting to support the doctrine carefully evaluated, and a series of theological issues related to the point are raised and discussed.

The Dynamics of Intersubjectivity
The Dynamics of Intersubjectivity

Author: Faten Haouioui

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2021-10-11

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1527575993

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This collection revises subjectivity in the light of postmodern theories of the subject. The contributors gathered here present and discuss a number of different, but interrelated, subjectivities. As such, they reconceptualize the theory of subjectivity according to various texts and contexts, such as the subjectivity of discourses, the subject under subjugation, and the intersubjective construction of the other. It introduces a dynamic subjectivity to minority literature, colonial/postcolonial texts, and travel literature, to name but a few. The dynamics of intersubjectivity provide a space for subjectivities to negotiate and interrelate. Moreover, this collection shows that intersubjectivity is hybrid, yet flexible, by nature.

The Highest Good in Kant’s Philosophy
The Highest Good in Kant’s Philosophy

Author: Thomas Höwing

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2016-04-25

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3110392747

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The idea of a final end of human conduct – the highest good – plays an important role in Kant’s philosophy. Unlike his predecessors Kant defines the highest good as a combination of two heterogeneous elements, namely virtue and happiness. This conception lies at the centre of some of the most influential Kantian doctrines such as his famous “moral argument” for the rationality of faith, his conception of the unity of reason and his views concerning the final end of nature as well as the historical progress of mankind. To be sure, the different treatments of the highest good in Kant’s work have led to a great deal of discussion among his readers. Besides Kant’s arguments for moral faith, recent debate has focused on the place of the highest good within Kant’s moral theory, on the antinomy of pure practical reason, and on the idea of the primacy of practical reason. This collection of new essays attempts to re-evaluate Kant’s doctrine of the highest good and to determine its relevance for contemporary philosophy.

The Cambridge Kant Lexicon
The Cambridge Kant Lexicon

Author: Julian Wuerth

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 2289

ISBN-13: 1009038192

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Immanuel Kant is widely recognized as one of the most important Western philosophers since Aristotle. His thought has had, and continues to have, a profound effect on every branch of philosophy, including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. This Lexicon contains detailed and original entries by 130 leading Kant scholars, covering Kant's most important concepts as well as each of his writings. Part I covers Kant's notoriously difficult philosophical concepts, providing entries on these individual 'trees' of Kant's philosophical system. Part II, by contrast, provides an overview of the 'forest' of Kant's philosophy, with entries on each of his published works and on each of his sets of lectures and personal reflections. This part is arranged chronologically, revealing not only the broad sweep of Kant's thought but also its development over time. Professors, graduate students, and undergraduates will value this landmark volume.