Virtue, rules, and justice : Kantian aspirations /

The author interprets & extends Kant's moral theory in a series of essays that highlight its relevance to contemporary ethics. He introduces the major themes of Kantian ethics & explores its practical application to questions about revolution, prison reform, & forcible interventions...

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Virtue, rules, & justice
Kantian aspirations
Kant's ethical theory: an overview --
Kantian normative ethics --
Kantian constructivism as normative ethics --
Finding values in nature --
Kant on weakness of will --
Kantian virtue and "virtue ethics" --
Kant's Tugendlehre as normative ethics --
The dignity of persons : Kant, problems, and a proposal --
Assessing moral rules : utilitarian and Kantian principles --
Moral construction as a task : sources and limits --
Questions about Kant's opposition to revolution --
Treating criminals as ends in themselves --
Kant and humanitarian intervention --
Moral responsibilities of bystanders.
1. Verfasser:
Hill, Thomas E.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
The author interprets & extends Kant's moral theory in a series of essays that highlight its relevance to contemporary ethics. He introduces the major themes of Kantian ethics & explores its practical application to questions about revolution, prison reform, & forcible interventions in other countries for humanitarian purposes.
Umfang:
1 online resource (vii, 372 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-969201-7
1-283-57730-5
9786613889751
0-19-163129-9
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