Kant's impure ethics (From rational beings to human being)
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780195130416
- ISBN10 0195130413
- Type BOOK
- Bookbinding Cloth
Subjects
Modern PhilosophyKant's impure ethics (From rational beings to human being)
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book details
This is the first book-length study in any language to examine in detail and critically assess the second part of Kant's ethics--an empirical, impure part, which determines how best to apply pure principles to the human situation. Drawing attention to Kant's under-explored impure ethics, this revealing investigation refutes the common and long-standing misperception that Kants ethics advocates empty formalism. Making detailed use of a variety of Kantian texts never before translated into English, author Robert B. Louden reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of Kantian ethics as a whole, once the second part is re-admitted to its rightful place within Kant's practical philosophy.