Screen LibraryVirtue, rules, and justice : Kantian aspirations /
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., interprets, explains, and extends Kant's moral theory in a series of essays that highlight its relevance to contemporary ethics. The book is divided into four sections. The first three essays cover basic themes: they introduce the major aspects of Kant's ethics; explai...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=62f5cdb201324cef854616c1a1899887 |
| Summary: |
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., interprets, explains, and extends Kant's moral theory in a series of essays that highlight its relevance to contemporary ethics. The book is divided into four sections. The first three essays cover basic themes: they introduce the major aspects of Kant's ethics; explain different interpretations of the Categorical Imperative; and sketch a 'constructivist' reading of Kantian normative ethics distinct from the Kantian constructivisms of Onora O'Neill and John Rawls. The next section is on virtue, and the essays collected here discuss whether it is a virtue to regard the natural environment as intrinsically valuable, address puzzles about moral weakness, contrast ideas of virtue in Kant's ethics and in 'virtue ethics, ' and comment on duties to oneself, second-order duties, and moral motivation in Kant's 'Doctrine of Virtue'. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vii, 372 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [358]-365) and index. Includes bibliographical references (pages [358]-365) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191631290 9780199692002 |
| Index Number: | B2799 |
| CLC: | B516.3125 |
| Contents: |
Kant's ethical theory : an overview -- Kantian normative ethics -- Kantian constructivism as normative ethics -- Finding values in nature -- Kant on weakness of will -- Kantian virtue and "virtue ethics" -- Kant's Tugendlehre as normative ethics -- The dignity of persons : Kant, problems, and a proposal -- Assessing moral rules : utilitarian and Kantian principles -- Moral construction as a task : sources and limits -- Questions about Kant's opposition to revolution -- Treating criminals as ends in themselves -- Kant and humanitarian intervention -- Moral responsibilities of bystanders. |