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The Practice of Moral Judgment

By Barbara Herman

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0674697170, 9780674697171
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26378618 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
268\264
Time added
2018-05-08 02:42:13

Description

Barbara Herman argues for a radical shift in the way we perceive Kant's ethics. She convincingly reinterprets the key texts, at once allowing Kant to mean what he says while showing that what Kant says makes good moral sense. She urges us to abandon the tradition that describes Kantian ethics as a deontology, a moral system of rules of duty. She finds the central idea of Kantian ethics not in duty but in practical rationality as a norm of unconditioned goodness. This book both clarifies Kant's own theory and adds programmatic vitality to modern moral philosophy. Note on Sources 1 On the Value of Acting from the Motive of Duty 2 Integrity and Impartiality 3 Mutual Aid and Respect for Persons 4 The Practice of MoralJudgment 5 What Happens to the Consequences? 6 Murder and Mayhem 7 Moral Deliberationand the Derivation 8 Obligation and Performance 9 Agency, Attachment, and Difference 10 Leaving Deontology Behind Credits Index

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