Acting on Principle - An Essay on Kantian Ethics

A second edition of O'Neill's important account and defence of the Kantian ethical position, featuring a new introduction and bibliography.

List of contents

Preface to the original edition; Introduction to the second edition; 1. Principles of action; 2. The problem of relevant act descriptions; 3. A solution to the problem of relevant descriptions; 4. Ethical categories; 5. Applying the categorical imperative; 6. An assessment of Kant's ethical theory; 7. Right decisions and assessments of right; Bibliographies.

About the author

Onora O'Neill is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. She has written extensively on ethics and political philosophy and in particular on Kant. Recent books include: A Question of Trust: The BBC Reith Lectures 2002 (Cambridge University Press, 2002), Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics (2002) and Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics (with Neil Manson, 2007).

Report

'The most incisive and thoughtful defence of Kant along these lines that we have ... [O'Neill] writes with a kind of brisk lucidity that is entirely admirable.' The Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Onora Neill, O&apos, Onora ONeill, Onora O'Neill, Onora O''neill, Baroness Onora Sylvia O''neill of Bengarve
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107675537
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67553-7
• No. of pages: 297
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > German idealism, 19th century; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works