The form of practical knowledge : a study of the categorical imperative / Stephen Engstrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engstrom, Stephen P. (Stephen Philip), 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Immanuel Kant's claim that the categorical imperative of morality is based in practical reason has long been a source of puzzlement and doubt, even for sympathetic interpreters. In The Form of Practical Knowledge, Stephen Engstrom provides an illuminating new interpretation of the categorical imperative, arguing that we have exaggerated and misconceived Kant's break with tradition. By developing an account of practical knowledge that situates Kant's ethics within his broader epistemology, Engstrom's work deepens and reshapes our understanding of Kantian ethics.

Contents:

Introduction

Willing as practical knowing

The will and practical judgment

Fundamental practical judgments : the wish for happiness

From presuppositions of judgment to the idea of a categorical imperative

The formal presuppositions of practical judgment

Constraints on willing

Interpretation

The categorical imperative

Applications

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674053793

0674053796

OCLC:

654432687