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.
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.
Universal Law and Humanity Formulas and Contemporary Kantian Ethics
Universal Law and Humanity Formulas and Contemporary Kantian 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 Universal Law and Humanity Formulas and Contemporary Kantian Ethics write by Sven Nyholm. This book was released on 2015-05-30. Universal Law and Humanity Formulas and Contemporary Kantian Ethics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Interest in Kant's ethical theory has intensified in recent analytic philosophy. Yet, much of this work has mixed its enthusiasm with strong criticisms. This book investigates these recent engagements with Kant's basic moral principles. It argues that most of these new criticisms rest on mistaken assumptions about how to read Kant. As an alternative, it presents an updated reading of Kant's "universal law" and "humanity" formulas.
Means, Ends, and Persons
Means, Ends, and Persons - 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 Means, Ends, and Persons write by Robert Audi. This book was released on 2016. Means, Ends, and Persons available 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.
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 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.
