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Jker Bjerre Henrik |
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Titolo |
Kantian deeds / / Henrik Jker Bjerre |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010 |
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1-282-55207-4 |
9786612552076 |
1-4411-2173-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum Studies in Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1 The Starry Heavens Above and the Moral Law Within; 2 The Structure of Moral Revolutions; 3 The Other Side of Inference; 4 As If . . .; 5 Surplus Experiences; 6 Self-inflicted Immaturity; 7 Traces of the Unconditional; 8 On the Prohibition of Contemporary Wonders; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Kantian Deeds revokes and renews the tradition of Kant's moral philosophy. Through a novel reading of contemporary approaches to Kant, Henrik Bjerre draws a new map of the human capacity for morality. Morality consists of two different abilities that are rarely appreciated at the same time. Human beings are brought up and initiated into a moral culture, which gives them the cognitive mapping necessary to act morally and responsibly. They also, however, acquire an ability to reach beyond that which is considered moral and thus develop an ability to reinterpret or break 'normal' morality. By dra |
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