Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality Paperback / softback
by Samuel J. (University of Maryland, College Park) Kerstein
Paperback / softback
Description
At the core of Kant's ethics lies the claim that if there is a supreme principle of morality then it cannot be a principle based on utilitarianism or Aristotelian perfectionism or the Ten Commandments.
The only viable candidate for such a principle is the categorical imperative.
This book is the most detailed investigation of this claim.
It constructs a new, criterial reading of Kant's derivation of one version of the categorical imperative: the Formula of Universal Law.
This reading shows this derivation to be far more compelling than contemporary philosophers tend to believe.
It also reveals a novel approach to deriving another version of the categorical imperative, the Formula of Humanity, a principle widely considered to be the most attractive Kantian candidate for the supreme principle of morality.
This book will be important not just for Kant scholars but for a broad swathe of students of philosophy.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:244 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:09/06/2005
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- ISBN:9780521009270
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:244 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:09/06/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521009270
