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Kantian Ethics Almost without Apology

Author : Marcia W. Baron
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720899
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Kantian Ethics Almost without Apology written by Marcia W. Baron and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reappraisal on the emphasis on duty in Immanuel Kant's ethics is long overdue. Marcia W. Baron evaluates and for the most part defends Kantian ethics against two frequent criticisms: that duty plays too large a role, leaving no room for the supererogatory; and that Kant places too much value on acting from duty. The author first argues that Kant's distinction between perfect and imperfect duties provides a plausible and intriguing alternative to contemporary approaches to charity, self-sacrifice, heroism, and saintliness. She probes the differences between the supererogationist and the Kantian, exploring the motivation between the former's position and bringing to light sharply divided views on the nature of moral constraint and excellence. Baron then confronts problems associated with Kant's account of moral motivation, she argues that the value that Kant attaches to acting from duty attaches primarily to governing ones conduct by a commitment to doing what morality asks. Thus understood, Kant's ethics steers clear of the most serious criticism. Of special interest is her discussion of overdetermination. Clearly written and cogently argued, Kantian Ethics Almost without Apology takes on the most philosophically intriguing challenges to Kantian ethics and subjects them to a rigorous yet sympathetic assessment. Readers will find here original contributions to the debate over impartial morality.

Three Methods of Ethics

Author : Marcia W. Baron
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631194347
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book Three Methods of Ethics written by Marcia W. Baron and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-12-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade ethical theory has been in a lively state of development, and three basic approaches to ethics - Kantian ethics, consequentialism, and virtue ethics - have assumed positions of particular prominence. Written in the form of a debate, this volume presents a clear survey and assessment of the main arguments, both for and against each of these three central approaches to ethics. In doing so, it represents the first volume to bring these forms of ethical theory into a critical relationship, engaging current philosophical debate on the one hand in terms clear enough for undergraduates on the other. It is an ideal basis for course use in ethics and moral philosophy.

Ethical Encounter

Author : C. Cordner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230509177
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Ethical Encounter written by C. Cordner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how our moral concepts are nourished by awe, reverence and various forms of love. These ways of encountering the world and other human beings inform our sense of good and evil, of justice and injustice, of obligation, of fidelity and betrayal, and of many virtues and vices. In ways moral philosophy commonly misses, this book shows moral understanding is broadened and deepened by what is disclosed only in these forms of encounter.

Kant’s Theory of Emotion

Author : D. Williamson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137498102
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Kant’s Theory of Emotion written by D. Williamson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Williamson explains, defends, and applies Kant's theory of emotion. Looking primarily to the Anthropology and the Metaphysics of Morals, she situates Kant's theory of affect within his theory of feeling and focuses on the importance of moral feelings and the moral evaluation of our emotions.

Reading Onora O'Neill

Author : David Archard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135017611
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Reading Onora O'Neill written by David Archard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Onora O’Neill is one of the foremost moral philosophers writing today. Her work on ethics and bioethics, political philosophy and the philosophy of Kant is extremely influential. Her landmark Reith Lectures on trust did much to establish the subject not only on the philosophical and political agenda but in the world of media, business and law more widely. Reading Onora O’Neill is the first book to examine and critically appraise the work of this important thinker. It includes specially commissioned chapters by leading international philosophers in ethics, Kantian philosophy and political philosophy. The following aspects of O’Neill’s work are examined: global justice Kant the ethics of the family bioethics consent trust. Featuring a substantial reply to her critics at the end of the book, Reading Onora O’Neill is essential reading for students and scholars of ethics and political philosophy.

Kant, Duty and Moral Worth

Author : Philip Stratton-Lake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134627513
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Kant, Duty and Moral Worth written by Philip Stratton-Lake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kant, Duty and Moral Worth is a fascinating and original examination of Kant's account of moral worth. The complex debate at the heart of Kant's philosophy is over whether Kant said moral actions have worth only if they are carried out from duty, or whether actions carried out from mixed motives can be good. Philip Stratton-Lake offers a unique account of acting from duty, which utilizes the distinction between primary and secondary motives. He maintains that the moral law should not be understood as a normative moral reason but as playing a transcendental role. Thus a Kantian account of moral worth is one where the virtuous agent may be responsive to concrete particular considerations, whilst preserving an essential role for universal moral principles. Kant, Duty and Moral Worth is a lucid examination of Kant's moral thought that will appeal to Kant scholars and anyone interested in moral theory.

Self-Improvement

Author : Robert N. Johnson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191618969
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Self-Improvement written by Robert N. Johnson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there any moral obligation to improve oneself, to foster and develop various capacities in oneself? From a broadly Kantian point of view, Self-Improvement defends the view that there is such an obligation and that it is an obligation that each person owes to him or herself. The defence addresses a range of arguments philosophers have mobilized against this idea, including the argument that it is impossible to owe anything to yourself, and the view that an obligation to improve onself is overly 'moralistic'. Robert N. Johnson argues against Kantian universalization arguments for the duty of self-improvement, as well as arguments that bottom out in a supposed value humanity has. At the same time, he defends a position based on the notion that self- and other-respecting agents would, under the right circumstances, accept the principle of self-improvement and would leave it up to each to be the person to whom this duty is owed.

Kantian Ethics and Economics

Author : Mark White
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804768943
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Kantian Ethics and Economics written by Mark White and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant—particularly the concepts of autonomy, dignity, and character—into economic theory, enriching models of individual choice and policymaking, while contributing to our understanding of how the economic individual fits into society.

The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism

Author : Ben Eggleston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139867482
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Utilitarianism written by Ben Eggleston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilitarianism, the approach to ethics based on the maximization of overall well-being, continues to have great traction in moral philosophy and political thought. This Companion offers a systematic exploration of its history, themes, and applications. First, it traces the origins and development of utilitarianism via the work of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, and others. The volume then explores issues in the formulation of utilitarianism, including act versus rule utilitarianism, actual versus expected consequences, and objective versus subjective theories of well-being. Next, utilitarianism is positioned in relation to Kantianism and virtue ethics, and the possibility of conflict between utilitarianism and fairness is considered. Finally, the volume explores the modern relevance of utilitarianism by considering its practical implications for contemporary controversies such as military conflict and global warming. The volume will be an important resource for all those studying moral philosophy, political philosophy, political theory, and history of ideas.

Dignity and Vulnerability

Author : George W. Harris
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520309723
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Dignity and Vulnerability written by George W. Harris and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this significant addition to moral theory, George W. Harris challenges a view of the dignity and worth of persons that goes back through Kant and Christianity to the Stoics. He argues that we do not, in fact, believe this view, which traces any breakdowns of character to failures of strength. When it comes to what we actually value in ourselves and others, he says, we are far more Greek than Christian. At the most profound level, we value ourselves as natural organisms, as animals, rather than as godlike beings who transcend nature. The Kantian-Christian-Stoic tradition holds that if we were fully able to realize our dignity as Kantians, Christians, or Stoics, we would be better, stronger people, and therefore less vulnerable to character breakdown. Dignity and Vulnerability offers an opposing view, that sometimes character breaks down not because of some shortcoming in it but because of what is good about it, because of the very virtues and features of character that give us our dignity. If dignity can make us fragile and vulnerable to breakdown, then breakdown can be benign as well as harmful, and thus the conceptions of human dignity embedded in the tradition leading up to Kant are deeply mistaken. Harris proposes a foundation for our belief in human dignity in what we can actually know about ourselves, rather than in metaphysical or theological fantasy. Having gained this knowledge, we can understand the source of real strength. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.

Ethics and Moral Philosophy

Author : Thom Brooks
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004203427
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Ethics and Moral Philosophy written by Thom Brooks and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethics and moral philosophy is an area of particular interest today. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area. Topics include practical reason, particularism, moral realism, virtue ethics, and ethics and moral philosophy more generally.

Feminist Interpretations of Immanuel Kant

Author : Robin May Schott
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271030070
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Interpretations of Immanuel Kant written by Robin May Schott and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents radically divergent interpretations of Kant from feminist perspectives. Some essays see Kant as having contributed significantly to theories of rationality and autonomy in ways that can further feminist projects. Other essays argue that Kant is a preeminent exponent of patriarchal views and that gender hierarchies are inscribed in the very structure of his theories of morality and aesthetic judgment. But both sympathizers and critics challenge the accepted topography of Kantian philosophy by which central philosophical concerns are defined as those that are abstract, universal, and transcendental. Instead, these feminist writers resituate Kantian questions in the politics of everyday life and emphasize the embodied nature of knowledge, morality and aesthetics. They analyze dilemmas that face concentrate subjects, involving issues of friendship, collective responsibility, xenophobia, and colonialism, among others.

Kant on Emotion and Value

Author : A. Cohen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137276657
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Kant on Emotion and Value written by A. Cohen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished international scholars discuss the connection between emotion and value in Kant's philosophy, from his ethics to his philosophy of mind, aesthetics, religion and politics. Through a mixture of interpretation and critical discussion, this collection demonstrates the continuing relevance of Kant's work to philosophical debates.

Retributivism

Author : Mark D. White
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199877017
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Retributivism written by Mark D. White and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Retributivism: Essays on Theory and Policy, Professor Mark D. White and his contributors offer analysis and explanations of new developments in retributivism, the philosophical account of punishment that holds that wrongdoers must be punished as a matter of right, duty, or justice, rather than to serve some general social purpose. The contemporary debate over retributivist punishment has become particularly vibrant in recent years, focusing increasingly on its political and economic as well as its philosophical aspects, and also on its practical ramifications in addition to theoretical implications. The twelve chapters in this book, written by leading legal scholars and philosophers, cover the various justifications and conceptions of retributivism, its philosophical foundations (often questioning conventional understandings), and how retributivism informs actual criminal justice procedures and practices.

Reason, Value, and Respect

Author : Mark Timmons
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019103911X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reason, Value, and Respect written by Mark Timmons and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In thirteen specially written essays, leading philosophers explore Kantian themes in moral and political philosophy that are prominent in the work of Thomas E. Hill, Jr. The first three essays focus on respect and self-respect.; the second three on practical reason and public reason. The third section covers a set of topics in social and political philosophy, including Kantian perspectives on homicide and animals. The final set of essays discuss duty, volition, and complicity in ethics. In conclusion Hill offers an overview of his work and responses to the preceding essays.

The Palgrave Kant Handbook

Author : Matthew C. Altman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137546565
Total Pages : 851 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Kant Handbook written by Matthew C. Altman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkably comprehensive Handbook provides a multifaceted yet carefully crafted investigation into the work of Immanuel Kant, one of the greatest philosophers the world has ever seen. With original contributions from leading international scholars in the field, this authoritative volume first sets Kant’s work in its biographical and historical context. It then proceeds to explain and evaluate his revolutionary work in metaphysics and epistemology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, political philosophy, philosophy of history, philosophy of education, and anthropology. Key Features: • Draws attention to the foundations of Kant’s varied philosophical insights — transcendental idealism, logic, and the bridge between theoretical and practical reason • Considers hitherto neglected topics such as sexuality and the philosophy of education • Explores the immense impact of his ground-breaking work on subsequent intellectual movements Serving as a touchstone for meaningful discussion about Kant’s philosophical and historical importance, this definitive Handbook is essential reading for Kant scholars who want to keep abreast of the field and for advanced students wishing to explore the frontiers of the subject.

Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Author : Paul Guyer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0585080720
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals written by Paul Guyer and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important works in modern moral philosophy. This collection of essays, the first of its kind in nearly thirty years, introduces the reader to some of the most important studies of the book from the past two decades, arranged in the form of a collective commentary.