Kant's theory of virtue : the value of autocracy / Anne Margaret Baxley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxley, Anne Margaret, 1970- author.

Series:

Modern European philosophy.

Modern European philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Virtue.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anne Margaret Baxley offers a systematic interpretation of Kant's theory of virtue, whose most distinctive features have not been properly understood. She explores the rich moral psychology in Kant's later and less widely read works on ethics, and argues that the key to understanding his account of virtue is the concept of autocracy, a form of moral self-government in which reason rules over sensibility. Although certain aspects of Kant's theory bear comparison to more familiar Aristotelian claims about virtue, Baxley contends that its most important aspects combine to produce something different - a distinctively modern, egalitarian conception of virtue which is an important and overlooked alternative to the more traditional Greek views which have dominated contemporary virtue ethics.

Contents:

The good will, moral worth, and duty: concerns about Kant's rationalist moral psychology

Kant's conception of virtue and the autocracy of pure practical reason

Virtue, human nature, and moral health: Kant's dispute with Schiller

The moral psychology of Kantian virtue

Conclusion: Kant's considered account of moral character and the good will reconsidered.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-85124-3

1-107-21750-4

1-282-91850-8

9786612918506

0-511-91801-1

0-511-91899-2

0-511-91522-5

0-511-91343-5

0-511-77946-1

0-511-91703-1

OCLC:

689996457