Fichte's ethics / Michelle Kosch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kosch, Michelle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814--Ethics.

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb.

Ethics--History--19th century.

Ethics.

Philosophy, German--18th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 190 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Michelle Kosch offers a systematic, historically informed reconstruction of Fichte's ethical theory of the Jena period, highlighting that theory's very substantial potential for contribution to various contemporary debates. One of Fichte's most important ideas - that nature can place limits on our ability to govern ourselves, and that anyone who values autonomy is thereby committed to the value of basic research and of the development of autonomy-enhancing technologies - has received little attention in the interpretative literature on Fichte, and has little currency in contemporary ethics. Kosch aims to address both deficits. Beginning from a reconstruction of Fichte's theory of rational agency, this volume examines his arguments for the thesis that rational agency must have two constitutive ends: substantive and formal independence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

0-19-253753-9

0-19-184693-7

0-19-253752-0