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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825931103321

Autore

Louden Robert B. <1953->

Titolo

Kant's impure ethics : from rational beings to human beings / / Robert B. Louden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Toronto, : Oxford University Press, 2002, c2000

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773067-1

1-280-47249-9

9786610472499

0-19-802994-2

0-585-36214-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

170.92

170/.92

Soggetti

Applied ethics - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. What Is Impure Ethics?; 2. Education; 3. Anthropology; 4. Art and Religion; 5. History; 6. Saved by Impurity?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines and assesses the second part of Kant's ethics - which determines how best to apply pure principles to the human situation. It reassesses Kantian ethics as a whole, once this second part is re-admitted to its rightful place within Kant's practical philosophy.