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Author: Samuel Kahn Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108682073 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 126
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The main body of this Element, about Kant's theory of conscience, is divided into two sections. The first focuses on exegesis of Kant's ethics. One of the overarching theses of this section of the Element is that, although many of Kant's claims about conscience are prima facie inconsistent, a close examination of context generally can dissolve apparent contradictions. The second section of the Element focuses on philosophical issues in Kantian ethics. One of the overarching theses of this section of the Element is that many positions traditionally associated with Kantian ethics, including the denial of moral luck, the nonaccidental rightness condition, and the guise of the objectively good, are at variance with Kant's ethics.
Author: Samuel Kahn Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108682073 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 126
Book Description
The main body of this Element, about Kant's theory of conscience, is divided into two sections. The first focuses on exegesis of Kant's ethics. One of the overarching theses of this section of the Element is that, although many of Kant's claims about conscience are prima facie inconsistent, a close examination of context generally can dissolve apparent contradictions. The second section of the Element focuses on philosophical issues in Kantian ethics. One of the overarching theses of this section of the Element is that many positions traditionally associated with Kantian ethics, including the denial of moral luck, the nonaccidental rightness condition, and the guise of the objectively good, are at variance with Kant's ethics.
Author: Emre Kazim Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004340661 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 217
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In Kant on Conscience Emre Kazim offers the first systematic treatment of Kant’s theory of conscience. Contrary to the scholarly consensus, Kazim argues that Kant’s various discussions of conscience are philosophically coherent aspects of the same unified thing (‘Unity Thesis’).
Author: Emre Kazim Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This study is the first systematic treatment of Kant's theory of conscience in the Anglophone literature. Curiously, this is a neglected aspect of Kant's practical philosophy. Here I will present Kant's notion of conscience within the various contexts of his Critical thought and philosophically evaluate the coherence of his various claims. This will involve a foray into such topics as Kant's theory of judgement, the epistemology of belief, the possibility of selfdeception and the notion of moral self-improvement. My methodological approach involves a conceptual reconstruction of Kant's numerous discussions of conscience throughout his Critical period, investigating the coherence of his claims in light of the broader claims of his ethical corpus and locating the various discussions within the appropriate context that Kant was talking within. The central question of this study is: can the various treatments of conscience be considered as internally consistent? Prima facie reasons for answering in the negative are that his writings on conscience span his entire Critical period, that he talks of conscience as practical reason and within the context of feelings (Metaphysics of Morals 6:399-403), that conscience is discussed in terms of erroneousness (Collins 27:353, Herder 27:43, Religion 6:187) and as non-erring (Metaphysics of Morals 6:401, Miscarriage 8:268, Vigilantius 27:614-5), and that conscience is talked of both in a non-religious sense and as the voice of God (Metaphysics of Morals 6:439-40, Miscarriage 8:270, Herder 27:19, Collins 27:296, Vigilantius 27:575). Contrary to the dominant view found within the secondary literature that addresses Kant's theory of conscience, I will answer in the affirmative, outlining that the various treatments and talk of conscience (as a feeling, a power, a judgement, a capacity, a court, as the voice of God, etc.) are philosophically coherent descriptions of the same unified thing (I shall term this the 'Unity Thesis').
Author: Lara Denis Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139492632 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 285
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Immanuel Kant's Metaphysics of Morals (1797), containing the Doctrine of Right and Doctrine of Virtue, is his final major work of practical philosophy. Its focus is not rational beings in general but human beings in particular, and it presupposes and deepens Kant's earlier accounts of morality, freedom and moral psychology. In this volume of newly-commissioned essays, a distinguished team of contributors explores the Metaphysics of Morals in relation to Kant's earlier works, as well as examining themes which emerge from the text itself. Topics include the relation between right and virtue, property, punishment, and moral feeling. Their diversity of questions, perspectives and approaches will provide new insights into the work for scholars in Kant's moral and political theory.
Author: Immanuel Kant Publisher: Hackett Publishing ISBN: 9780872203204 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 328
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This expanded edition of James Ellington's preeminent translations of Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals and Metaphysical Principles of Virtue includes his new translation of Kant's essay On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns, in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory, as presented in the main text of Grounding, that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consequences.
Author: Vicente De Haro Romo Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag ISBN: 3487153483 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 344
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The “Metaphysical Principles of the Doctrine of Virtue” (Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre) is the second part of the “Metaphysics of Morals” (Metaphysik der Sitten), published by Kant in 1797. This monographic study comments Kant´s Tugendlehre as a refutation of the “formalist” vision of Kant´s Ethics. This late writing is shown as consistent with the moral philosophy already presented in the “Groundwork” and the second “Critique”. The “Doctrine of Virtue” offers Kant´s application of the categorical imperative and acknowledges the conditions of moral motivation and, in general, of human agency. Kant´s derivation of duties of virtue (Tugendpflichten) is attentive to the fundamental characteristics of human nature, therefore it generates a system of ends that reason itself shows to be obligatory for the human faculty of choice. This book shows that Kant´s “Doctrine of Virtue” is worthy of being taken into a greater philosophical consideration. The “Metaphysical Principles of the Doctrine of Virtue” (Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre) is the second part of the “Metaphysics of Morals” (Metaphysik der Sitten), published by Kant in 1797. This monographic study comments Kant´s Tugendlehre as a refutation of the “formalist” vision of Kant´s Ethics. This late writing is shown as consistent with the moral philosophy already presented in the “Groundwork” and the second “Critique”. The “Doctrine of Virtue” offers Kant´s application of the categorical imperative and acknowledges the conditions of moral motivation and, in general, of human agency. Kant´s derivation of duties of virtue (Tugendpflichten) is attentive to the fundamental characteristics of human nature, therefore it generates a system of ends that reason itself shows to be obligatory for the human faculty of choice. This book shows that Kant´s “Doctrine of Virtue” is worthy of being taken into a greater philosophical consideration.
Author: Samuel Kahn
Author: Samuel Kahn
Author: Emre Kazim
Author: Emre Kazim
Author: Allen W. Wood
Author: Lara Denis
Author: Thomas E. Hill
Author: A. E. Teale
Author: Immanuel Kant
Author: Immanuel Kant
Author: Vicente De Haro Romo