Beyond duty : Kantian ideals of respect, beneficence, and appreciation / Thomas E. Hill, Jr.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hill, Thomas E., Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Ethics, Modern.
• Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 319 pages).

Other Title:

Kantian ideals of respect, beneficence, and appreciation

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Beyond Duty presents key works on Kantian moral theory and practical ethics from a distinguished Kant scholar and moral philosopher. With a new emphasis on ideals beyond the strictest requirements of moral duty, Thomas E. Hill, Jr. expands the core aspects of Kantian ethics to offer a broader perspective on familiar moral problems.

Contents:

• Cover
• Beyond Duty: Kantian Ideals of Respect, Beneficence, and Appreciation
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Kant and Kantian Perspectives
• Part II: Practical Ethics
• Abbreviations for Kant's Works
• Aims, Abstracts, and Why 'Beyond Duty'?
• General Remarks
• Why Beyond Duty?
• Summary of the Essays
• Notes
• 1: The Groundwork
• Background: From the First Critique to the Groundwork
• Preface: Aims and Methods
• Section One: The Principle of a Good Will
• Section Two: Duty Presupposes the Categorical Imperative and Autonomy of the Will
• Section Three: Practical Reason Presupposes Autonomy of the Will
• Questions of Interpretation
• 2: Imperfect Duties to Oneself
• Background and General Concepts
• Ethical duties
• Duties to oneself
• Imperfect duties
• One's Duty to Oneself to Develop One's Natural Powers
• The content and latitude of the duty to develop natural powers
• The reason for the duty
• The role of natural teleology
• One's Duty to Oneself to Increase One's Moral Perfection
• 3: Kantian Autonomy and Contemporary Ideas of Autonomy
• Autonomy of the Will in Kant's Moral Theory
• Kantian Autonomy as Distinct from Other Influential Conceptions
• Common Conceptions of Autonomy in Practical Ethics as Distinct from Kant's
• From Kantian Autonomy to Practical Values and Principles
• 4: Rüdiger Bittner on Autonomy
• Introduction
• Various Senses of Freedom: Bittner's Project to Clean Up Ordinary Language
• Kantian Autonomy: What Is It, What Are the Problems, and What Can We Retain?
• 5: Kantian Perspectives on the Rational Basis of Human Dignity
• What Is Human Dignity?
• By Virtue of What Is Dignity Attributed to Human Beings?.
• Why Believe in Human Dignity?
• What Are the Practical Implications?
• 6: In Defense of Human Dignity: Comments on Kant and Rosen
• Preliminary Points: Contemporary Resources and Potential Abuse of Theories
• Can Diverse Ideas of Dignity Be Coherently Unified?
• Problems of Application: Indeterminacy and Absolutism
• Metaphysics or Morals?
• 7: The Kingdom of Ends as an Ideal and a Constraint on Moral Legislation
• Summary of the Deliberative Framework
• Human Dignity
• Positive Ideals of Human Dignity
• 8: Kantian Ethics and Utopian Thinking
• Problem Cases: (A) Lying to the Murderer and (B) Torture and the Ticking Bomb
• What Are "Utopias" and (Unwarranted) "Utopian Thinking"?
• Some Potentially Good Uses of Utopias
• Corresponding Dangers of Bad "Utopian Thinking"
• "Utopian Thinking" in Rousseau's Political Philosophy
• Similar Utopian Thinking in Everyday Life and in Kantian Ethics?
• (A) Making Principles Universal
• (B) Treating Each Person with Dignity That Must Never Be Violated
• (C) Respecting Principles (and Exceptions) That Every Reasonable Person Would Accept
• Concluding Note
• 9: Varieties of Constructivism
• O'Neill's Kantian Projects: Aims, Limits, and Development
• Points of Agreement and General Objections to Rawls' Constructivisms
• Arbitrary Authority and Restricted Domains: A Problem for Rawls?
• Further Objections: Are Specific Features of Rawls' Theories Arbitrary?
• Concluding Note about Remaining Questions
• 10: Human Dignity and Tragic Choices
• Preview
• Examples and Theoretical and Practical Challenges for Philosophers
• Brief Historical Background: Consequentialists, Pluralists, and Kantians
• Comments on Terminology
• Aspirations and Limits of Normative Moral Theory.
• Why Turn to Kantian Normative Theory?
• Kantian Constructivism in Normative Ethics
• Two Objections and Responses: Non-conformity and Disagreement
• Human Dignity: A Kantian Interpretation
• Responses to Objections
• Persistent Examples: Are Lies and Torture Always Wrong?
• Concluding Remarks: The Value of Simplicity
• 11: Duties and Choices in Philanthropic Giving: Kantian Perspectives
• Background and the Supreme Moral Principle(s)
• A Kantian Framework for Thinking about Moral Principles and Choices
• Kant on the Imperfect Duties of Beneficence and Mutual Aid
• Is the Kantian Duty to Give Aid Too Anemic?
• Must We Regard Others' Happiness as More Important Than Our Own?
• Can Promoting Others' Happiness Be Good to Do But beyond Duty?
• Complicating Factors
• A. The Relevance of Justice in Particular Contexts
• B. Priorities in Philanthropic Giving: Basic Needs vs. Education, the Arts, and Entertainment
• C. How Do Motives Affect the Worth of the Giver and the Gift?
• 12: Killing Ourselves
• The Concept of Suicide and the Central Moral Questions
• Different Perspectives on Suicide: Theological, Libertarian, and Consequentialist
• Obligations to Others
• Respecting One's Own Dignity as a Human Being: A Modified Kantian Perspective
• Appreciation: Further Reflections on the Value of Continued Life
• Concluding Note: Assisted Suicide
• 13: Conscientious Conviction and Conscience
• Conscientious moral conviction
• II. Conscience
• Brownlee's conception
• Contrasting conceptions of conscience
• Concluding Remarks
• 14: Stability, A Sense of Justice, and Self-Respect
• Stability, its Role, and Rawls' Two Lines of Argument
• Moral Psychology and a Sense of Justice
• Self-Respect and the Kantian Interpretation
• Values Not Lost in the Move to Political Liberalism
• Notes.
• 15: Two Conceptions of Virtue
• Kant's Conception of Virtue
• Cultivating Kantian Virtue: The Good News and the Bad News
• Rawls on a Sense of Justice
• How Rawls Goes Beyond Kant
• Concluding Questions
• Postscript
• 16: Beyond Respect and Beneficence: An Ideal of Appreciation
• Investigating Ideals of Moral Attitude: Aims and Methods
• Beneficent Concern for Others' Happiness
• Respect
• Appreciation
• 17: Ideals of Appreciation and Expressions of Respect
• Aims, Method, and Larger Project
• Positive Expressions of Respect
• Ideals Inherent in Human Dignity
• An Analogy: Local and Global Dignity
• Human Dignity from a Kantian Perspective
• Application to Disabilities: Appreciation
• Application to Disabilities: Positive Expressions of Respect
• References
• Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 0-19-193770-3
• 0-19-266021-7

OCLC:

1276862115