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Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics (Hardcover)
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Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
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Adopting a view of utilitarian ethics in which motivation in the
public interest takes on greater weight than is generally
appreciated, this book explores the extent to which the philosophy
of Immanuel Kant is consistent with this nuanced version of
utilitarianism. Kant's requirement that full ethical merit needs an
agent to act purely 'from duty' to forward 'the universal end of
happiness' rather than from a personal inclination to achieve that
end clearly distinguishes his position from the version of
utilitarian ethics adopted here. But this book also demonstrates,
by reference to his formal ethical works and his lectures on ethics
and anthropology, Kant's approval of a secondary category of
conduct - conduct 'in conformity with' duty - entailing
other-regarding or 'sympathetic' motivation to advance general
happiness, differing from the utilitarian position only in its
meriting a qualified degree of ethical credit. After comparing Kant
with eighteenth-century utilitarian writers from Locke to Smith,
and also with Bentham and Malthus, the book evaluates reactions to
Kant by J.S. Mill and Karl Marx and proposes Michel de Montaigne
(1533-1592) as a 'precursor' for maintaining a 'Kantian' doctrine
of conduct 'from duty' and for other shared features. In terms of
public policy, the work demonstrates Kant's justification of poor
relief and reduced inequality, his proposal for a state education
plan and his opposition to paternalism. This book provides
essential reading for academic specialists and students concerned
with the interface of political economy and ethics, as well as the
history of economic thought, history of political thought and
intellectual history.
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