Mark Timmons

Significance and System

Essays on Kant's Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection features 10 essays on a variety of topics in Kant's ethics. Part 1 addresses questions about the interpretation and justification of the categorical imperative. Part 2 is concerned with the doctrine of virtue, while part 3 delves into various issues pertaining to Kant's moral psychology of evil.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780190203368
• ISBN-10: 0190203366
• Artikelnr.: 47864001

Autorenporträt

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at University of Arizona. His books include Disputed Moral Issues, Third Edition, Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, and Morality without Foundations.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements and Sources
* Abbreviations for Kant's works
* Introduction
* Part I: Interpreting the Categorical Imperative
* 1. Necessitation and Justification in Kant's Ethics
* 2. Decision Procedures, Moral Criteria, and the Problem of Relevant
Descriptions in Kant's Ethics
* 3. The Categorical Imperative and Universalizability
* 4. The Philosophical and Practical Significance of Kant's
Universality Formulations of the Categorical Imperative
* Part II: Motive, Rightness, and Virtue
* 5. Motive and Rightness in Kant's Ethical System
* 6. Kant's Grounding Project in the Doctrine of Virtue
* 7. The Perfect Duty to Oneself as an Animal Being
* 8. The Moral Significance of Gratitude in Kant's Ethics
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* Part III: The Psychology of Moral Evil
* 9. Love of Honor, Emulation, and the Devilish Vices in Kant's Ethics
* 10. The Good, the Bad, and the Badass: On the Descriptive Adequacy of
Kant's Conception of Moral Evil
* Index