A distinguished moral philosopher and a leading interpreter of Kant's ethics, Barbara Herman draws on Kant to address timeless issues in ethical theory as well as ones arising from current moral problems, such as obligations to distant need, the history of slavery as it bears on affirmative act...

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Main Author:	Herman, Barbara (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2022]
Subjects:	PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Online Access:	DE-1046 DE-1043 DE-858 DE-859 DE-860 DE-739 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	A distinguished moral philosopher and a leading interpreter of Kant's ethics, Barbara Herman draws on Kant to address timeless issues in ethical theory as well as ones arising from current moral problems, such as obligations to distant need, the history of slavery as it bears on affirmative action, and the moral costs of reparative justice. Challenging various Kantian orthodoxies, Herman offers a view of moral competency as a complex achievement, governed by rational norms and dependent on supportive social conditions. She argues that the objectivity of duties and obligations does not rule out the possibility of or need for moral invention. Her goal is not to revise Kant but to explore the issues and ask the questions that he did not consider. Some of the essays involve explicit interpretation of Kant, and others are prompted by ground-level questions. For example, how should we think about moral character given what we know about the fault lines in normal development? If ordinary moral life is saturated by the content of local institutions, how should our accounts of moral obligation and judgment accommodate this?
Item Description:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (352 pages)
ISBN:	9780674273665
DOI:	10.4159/9780674273665