Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality ebook Kerstein, Samuel J. Diesel eBooks

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Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality

At the core of Kant's ethics lies the claim that if there is a supreme principle of morality then it cannot be a principle based on utilitarianism or Aristotelian perfectionism or the Ten Commandments. The only viable candidate for such a principle is the categorical imperative. This book is the most detailed investigation of this claim. It constructs a new, criterial reading of Kant's derivation of one version of the categorical imperative: the Formula of Universal Law. This reading shows this derivation to be far more compelling than contemporary philosophers tend to believe. It also reveals a novel approach to deriving another version of the categorical imperative, the Formula of Humanity, a principle widely considered to be the most attractive Kantian candidate for the supreme principle of morality. This book will be important not just for Kant scholars but for a broad swathe of students of philosophy.

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Title of ebook: Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality
ISBN: 9780511029783
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Internet download file size: 1256 kb
Released online for download: 05-01-1998
Author of eBook: Kerstein, Samuel J.

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