Significance and system : essays in Kant's ethics / Mark Timmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Timmons, Mark, 1951- author.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 337 pages) : illustration

Other Title:

Essays in Kant's ethics

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This collection features ten essays on a variety of topics in Kant's ethics. Part 1 addresses questions about the interpretation and justification of the categorical imperative. Part 2 is concerned with the doctrine of virtue, while part 3 delves into various issues pertaining to Kant's moral psychology of evil.

Contents:

Part I: Interpreting the categorical imperative. Necessitation and justification in Kant's ethics

Decision procedures, moral criteria, and the problem of relevant descriptions in Kant's ethics

The categorical imperative and universalizability

The philosophical and practical significance of Kant's universality formulations of the categorical imperative

Part I: Motive, rightness, and virtue. Motive and rightness in Kant's ethical system

Kant's grounding project in the Doctrine of Virtue

Perfect duties to oneself as an animal being

The moral significance of gratitude in Kant's ethics

Part III: The psychology of moral evil. Love of honor, emulation, and the psychology of the devilish vices

The good, the bad, and the badass: on the descriptive adequacy of Kant's conception of moral evil.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-066607-2

0-19-020339-0

0-19-020337-4