Thomas E. Hill, Jr., interprets and extends Kant's moral theory in a series of essays that highlight its relevance to contemporary ethics. He introduces the major themes of Kantian ethics and explores its practical application to questions about revolution, prison reform, and forcible interventions in other countries for humanitarian purposes.
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., interprets and extends Kant's moral theory in a series of essays that highlight its relevance to contemporary ethics. He introduces the major themes of Kantian ethics and explores its practical application to questions about revolution, prison reform, and forcible interventions in other countries for humanitarian purposes.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Thomas E. Hill, Jr., received an AB from Harvard College, a BPhil as a Rhodes Scholar from the University of Oxford, and a PhD from Harvard University. He is author of Autonomy and Self-Respect (CUP), Dignity and Practical Reason in Kant's Moral Theory (Cornell University Press), Respect, Pluralism, and Justice (OUP), and Human Welfare and Moral Worth (OUP). He edited the Blackwell Guide to Kant's Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell) and, with Arnulf Zweig, co-edited Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (OUPs). He taught briefly at the Johns Hopkins University and Pomona College, at UCLA for sixteen years, as a visitor at Stanford University and the University of Minnesota, and is currently Kenan Professor in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His essays explore a wide range of topics in moral and political philosophy, with special interest in Kant and broadly Kantian perspectives on practical issues.
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Acknowledgments General Introduction Abstracts 1. Basic themes 1: Kant's Ethical Theory: An Overview 2: Kantian Normative Ethics 3: Kantian Constructivism as Normative Ethics 2. Virtue 4: Finding Value in Nature 5: Kant on Weakness of Will 6: Kantian Virtue and 'Virtue Ethics' 7: Kant's Tugendlehre as Normative Ethics 3. Moral rules and principles 8: The Dignity of Persons: Kant, Problems, and a Proposal 9: Assessing Moral Rules: Utilitarian and Kantian Perspectives 10: The Importance of Moral Rules and Principles 11: Moral Construction as a Task: Sources and Limits 4. Practical Questions 12: Questions about Kant's Opposition to Revolution 13: Treating Criminals as Ends in Themselves 14: Kant and Humanitarian Intervention 15: Moral Responsibilities of Bystanders Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments General Introduction Abstracts 1. Basic themes 1: Kant's Ethical Theory: An Overview 2: Kantian Normative Ethics 3: Kantian Constructivism as Normative Ethics 2. Virtue 4: Finding Value in Nature 5: Kant on Weakness of Will 6: Kantian Virtue and 'Virtue Ethics' 7: Kant's Tugendlehre as Normative Ethics 3. Moral rules and principles 8: The Dignity of Persons: Kant, Problems, and a Proposal 9: Assessing Moral Rules: Utilitarian and Kantian Perspectives 10: The Importance of Moral Rules and Principles 11: Moral Construction as a Task: Sources and Limits 4. Practical Questions 12: Questions about Kant's Opposition to Revolution 13: Treating Criminals as Ends in Themselves 14: Kant and Humanitarian Intervention 15: Moral Responsibilities of Bystanders Bibliography Index
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