Kant and Applied Ethics: The Uses and Limits of Kant's Practical Philosophy
Book Details
Author(s)
Matthew C. Altman
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN
0470657669
ISBN-13
9780470657669
Availability
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Sales Rank
#4,292,741
Category
Philosophy
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates.
- Offers a critical analysis of Kant’s ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses
- Examines the controversies surrounding the most important ethical discussions taking place today, including abortion, the death penalty, and same-sex marriage
- Joins innovative thinkers in contemporary Kantian scholarship, including Christine Korsgaard, Allen Wood, and Barbara Herman, in taking Kant’s philosophy in new and interesting directions
- Clarifies Kant’s legacy for applied ethics, helping us to understand how these debates have been structured historically and providing us with the philosophical tools to address them
