Kant on Reflection and Virtue

A new approach to Kant's conception of virtue which grounds it in his innovative account of reflection and cognitive agency.

List of contents

List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions for citing Kant's works; Introduction: rethinking the Kantian reflective ideal; Part I. Reflection: 1. Kant on the requirement to reflect; 2. Healthy human understanding; 3. Attention, perception, experience; Part II. Virtue: 4. Conceptions of reason and epistemic normativity; 5. Cognitive and moral virtue; 6. Virtue as a skill; 7. The cognitive basis of moral virtue; References; Index.

About the author

Melissa Merritt is Senior Lecturer in philosophy at the University of New South Wales. She has published widely on Kant's theoretical and practical philosophy in journals including Philosophical Quarterly, European Journal of Philosophy, Southern Journal of Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, and Kantian Review.  

Summary

This book distinctively and comprehensively connects a set of issues in Kant's thought that have previously been treated in isolation from one another - reflection, epistemic agency, and virtue. It will appeal to a wide range of Kant scholars and to philosophers working in ethics and virtue epistemology.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Merritt, Melissa (University of New South Wales Merritt, Melissa McBay Merritt, Melissa McBay (University of New South Wales Merritt, Merritt Melissa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781108424714
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42471-4
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: logic