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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819541803321

Autore

Kant Immanuel <1724-1804.>

Titolo

On the old saw : that may be right in theory but it won't work in practice / / Immanuel Kant; translated by E. B. Ashton; introduction by George Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1974

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 pages)

Collana

Works of continental philosophy

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Theory (Philosophy)

Practice (Philosophy)

Ethics

Law - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of Uber den Gemeinspruch: Das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, taugt aber nicht fur die Praxis.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- On the Old Saw: That May Be Right in Theory But It Won't Work in Practice -- I. On the Relation of Theory to Practice in Morality in General (in reply to some exceptions taken by Professor Garve) -- II. On the Relation of Theory to Practice in Constitutional Law (contra Hobbes) -- III. On the Relation of Theory to Practice in International Law A General-Philanthropic, i.e., Cosmopolitan View (contra Mendelssohn).

Sommario/riassunto

Kant replies to the claim that there is conflict between what moral theory demands and what we can do in practice.