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Kantian Commitments - Essays on Moral Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
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Kantian Commitments - Essays on Moral Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
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Kantian Commitments comprises ten essays that represent a series of
efforts to rethink many of the fundamentals of Kant's ethics and to
draw out some implications for moral theory and practice. The
essays of Part One revisit and revise central pieces of Kant's
moral framework, offering a new understanding of the formulas of
the categorical imperative, revisiting the idea of exceptions to
duties, and sharpening the contrast between the value commitments
of Kantian theory and other deontologies (especially recent
contractualisms). The working hypothesis is to take seriously the
idea that the formulas of the categorical imperative frame an
account of moral reasoning with standards of validity and soundness
that enable moral judgment to explicate the connection between our
rational natures and our duties. Part Two takes on some less
central but important topics which are informed by the arguments of
Part One: the rationale for Kant's moralized view of history; the
implications of a Kantian view of morality for social pluralism;
the fit of Kant's conception of moral psychology with
affect-centered theories of human development; the motivation
behind Kant's argument for indirect duties to animals; and the
place of the idea of the highest good in a morally good life. The
overall aim of the essays is to explore core Kantian commitments
through a program of inquiry that peels away assumptions often
brought to Kant's texts that introduce questions their arguments
were not meant to answer. Removing these obstacles clarifies the
ambition and scale of Kantian theory.
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