1 option
Kantian commitments : essays on moral theory and practice / Barbara Herman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herman, Barbara, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Ethics.
- Kant, Immanuel.
- Ethics--History--18th century.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages)
- Other Title:
- Essays on moral theory and practice
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This volume collects ten essays investigating some fundamental aspects of Kant's ethics, drawing wider conclusions for moral philosophy. Herman aims to undermine some received ideas about how Kantian ethics works and what it means in practice.
- Contents:
- Part One: Rethinking Kant's ethics. Reasoning to obligation
- the difference that ends make
- Making exceptions
- A mismatch of methods
- Kantian commitments
- Part Two: Extending the boundaries. A habitat for humanity
- Morality unbounded
- We are not alone : a place for animals in Kant's ethics
- Other to self : finding love on the path to moral agency
- Religion and the highest good : speaking to the heart of even the best of us.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-193731-2
- 0-19-265947-2
- 0-19-265948-0
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.