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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785167203321

Autore

Engstrom Stephen P (Stephen Philip), <1955->

Titolo

The form of practical knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : a study of the categorical imperative / / Stephen Engstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-05379-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Classificazione

CF 5015

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Kategorischer Imperativ

PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Willing as practical knowing -- The will and practical judgment -- Fundamental practical judgments : the wish for happiness -- From presuppositions of judgment to the idea of a categorical imperative -- The formal presuppositions of practical judgment -- Constraints on willing -- Interpretation -- The categorical imperative -- Applications -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Immanuel Kant's claim that the categorical imperative of morality is based in practical reason has long been a source of puzzlement and doubt, even for sympathetic interpreters. In The Form of Practical Knowledge, Stephen Engstrom provides an illuminating new interpretation of the categorical imperative, arguing that we have exaggerated and misconceived Kant's break with tradition. By developing an account of practical knowledge that situates Kant's ethics within his broader epistemology, Engstrom's work deepens and reshapes our understanding of Kantian ethics.