Formulas of the Moral Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Formulas of the Moral Law write by Allen Wood. This book was released on 2017-10-12. Formulas of the Moral Law available 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.
Formulas of the Moral Law
Formulas of the Moral Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Formulas of the Moral Law write by Allen W. Wood. This book was released on 2017. Formulas of the Moral Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Revisiting Kant's Universal Law and Humanity Formulas
Revisiting Kant's Universal Law and Humanity Formulas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Revisiting Kant's Universal Law and Humanity Formulas write by Sven Nyholm. This book was released on 2015-07-24. Revisiting Kant's Universal Law and Humanity Formulas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Creating the Kingdom of Ends
Creating the Kingdom of Ends - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Creating the Kingdom of Ends write by Christine M. Korsgaard. This book was released on 1996-07-28. Creating the Kingdom of Ends available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Christine Korsgaard has become one of the leading interpreters of Kant's moral philosophy. She is identified with a small group of philosophers who are intent on producing a version of Kant's moral philosophy that is at once sensitive to its historical roots while revealing its particular relevance to contemporary problems. She rejects the traditional picture of Kant's ethics as a cold vision of the moral life which emphasises duty at the expense of love and value. Rather, Kant's work is seen as providing a resource for addressing not only the metaphysics of morals, but also for tackling practical questions about personal relations, politics, and everyday human interaction. This collection contains some of the finest current work on Kant's ethics and will command the attention of all those involved in teaching and studying moral theory.
An Introduction to Kant's Ethics
An Introduction to Kant's Ethics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Introduction to Kant's Ethics write by Roger J. Sullivan. This book was released on 1994-07-29. An Introduction to Kant's Ethics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the most up-to-date, brief and accessible introduction to Kant's ethics available. It approaches the moral theory via the political philosophy, thus allowing the reader to appreciate why Kant argued that the legal structure for any civil society must have a moral basis. This approach also explains why Kant thought that our basic moral norms should serve as laws of conduct for everyone. The volume also includes a detailed commentary on Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant's most widely studied work of moral philosophy.
