Dostoevsky and Kant: dialogues on ethics
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Main Author: Cherkasova, Evgenia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Rodopi 2009
Series:Value inquiry book series v. 206
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
EDITORIAL FOREWORD; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; One: THE DEONTOLOGY OF THE HEART; Two: FREEDOM: ADVENTURES OF THE WILL; Three: EVIL: ADVENTURES OF SEDUCTIVE SPIRIT; Four: COMMUNITY; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX.
"In this book, Evgenia Cherkasova brings the philosopher Kant and the novelist Dostoevsky together in conversations that probe why duty is central to our moral life. She shows that just as Dostoevsky is indebted to Kant, so Kant would profit from the deeply philosophical narratives of Dostoevsky, which engage the problem of evil and the claims of human community. She not only produces a novel reading of Dostoevsky, but also guides us to later, often neglected Kantian texts. This study is written with scholarly care, penetrating analysis, elegance of style, and moral urgency: Cherkasova writes
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 128 pages)
ISBN:144162547X
9042026103
9042026111
9781441625472
9789042026100
9789042026117

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