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Kant's search for the supreme principle of morality /

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Title/Author:	Kant's search for the supreme principle of morality // Samuel J. Kerstein.
Author:	Kerstein, Samuel J.,
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498206
ISBN:	9780511498206 (ebook)

Kant's search for the supreme principle of morality /
Kerstein, Samuel J.,1965-

Kant's search for the supreme principle of morality /Samuel J. Kerstein. - 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction: Derivation, Deduction, and the Supreme Principle of Morality.1.

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.

ISBN: 9780511498206 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

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Kant, Immanuel,
1724-1804--Ethics.

LC Class. No.: B2799.E8 / K45 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 170

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