Kantian Commitments - Essays on Moral Theory and Practice

Kantian Commitments collects ten essays which investigate fundamental aspects of Kant's ethics, drawing wider conclusions in moral philosophy. Herman aims to undermine some received ideas about Kantian ethics and explores the practical implications of her conclusions.

List of contents

• PART ONE: Rethinking Kant's Ethics


• 1: Reasoning to Obligation


• 2: The Difference That Ends Make


• 3: Making Exceptions


• 4: A Mismatch of Methods


• 5: Kantian Commitments


• PART TWO: Looking Outside and Within


• 6: A Habitat for Humanity


• 7: Morality Unbounded


• 8: We are Not Alone: A Place for Animals in Kant s Ethics


• 9: Other to Self: Where Love is on the Path to Moral Agency


• 10: Religion and The Highest Good: Speaking to the Heart of Even the Best of Us

About the author

Barbara Herman is the Griffin Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law at UCLA. She previously held appointments at the University of Southern California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Practice of Moral Judgment, Moral Literacy, and The Moral Habitat, and was the editor of John Rawls' Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy.

Summary

Kantian Commitments collects ten essays which investigate fundamental aspects of Kant's ethics, drawing wider conclusions in moral philosophy. Herman aims to undermine some received ideas about Kantian ethics and explores the practical implications of her conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Herman, Barbara (Griffin Professor of Philosophy a Herman, Herman Barbara
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9780198914495
• ISBN: 978-0-19-891449-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy