Kant's search for the supreme principle of morality:
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Main Author: Kerstein, Samuel J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. Cambridge University Press 2002
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-220) and index
Introduction: Derivation, Deduction, and the Supreme Principle of Morality - No Modest Claim - The Basic Concept of the Supreme Principle of Morality - Derivation and Deduction of the Categorical Imperative - The (Alleged) Gap in the Derivation of the Formula of Universal Law - Terminological and Thematic Clarifications - Outline of the Book -- - 1 - Fundamental Concepts in Kant's Theory of Agency - Aims and Limits of the Discussion - Maxims: A Basic Account - Maxims and Other Rules of the Same Form - The Will - Determining Grounds of the Will - Acting from Inclination: Three Interpretations and Their Importance - Acting from Inclination in the Groundwork and in the Metaphysics of Morals
Investigates the claim that there can only be one principle of morality, the categorical imperative. The author constructs a new, criterial reading of Kant's derivation of one version of the categorical imperative: the formula of universal law
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 226 pages)
ISBN:0511042205
0511498209
0521810892
9780511042201
9780511498206
9780521810890

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