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Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality

  • Paperback
  • 244 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

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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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  • Author

    Samuel J. Kerstein

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2005

  • Weight

    364g

  • Page Count

    244

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521009270

  • ISBN-10

    0521009278

  • Eden Code

    4574596

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