Kantian ethics / Allen W. Wood.

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Wood, Allen W

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511464126
9780511464126
9780511464867
051146486X
9780511809651
0511809654
1107176700
9781107176706
9786611982300
6611982302
0511462549
9780511462542
0511461798
9780511461798
0511463332
9780511463334

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kantian ethics.DDC classification:

170.92 22 22

LOC classification:

B2799.E8 W58 2008eb

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CC 7200
CF 5017
5,1

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Contents:

Reason -- Moral worth -- Ethical theory -- The moral law -- Humanity -- Autonomy -- Freedom -- Virtue -- Duties -- Conscience -- Social justice -- Punishment -- Sex -- Lies -- Consequences.

Summary: "In this book, Allen W. Wood investigates Kant's conception of ethical theory, using it to develop a viable approach to the rights and moral duties of human beings. By remaining closer to Kant's own view of the aims of ethics, Wood's understanding of Kantian ethics differs from the received "constructivist" interpretation, especially on such matters as the ground and function of ethical principles, the nature of ethical reasoning, and autonomy as the ground of ethics. Wood does not hesitate to criticize and modify Kant's conclusions when they seem inconsistent with his basic principles or fail to make the best use of the resources that Kantian principles make available. Of special interest are the book's treatment of such topics as freedom of the will, the state's role in securing economic justice, sexual morality, the justification of punishment, and the prohibition on lying."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reason -- Moral worth -- Ethical theory -- The moral law -- Humanity -- Autonomy -- Freedom -- Virtue -- Duties -- Conscience -- Social justice -- Punishment -- Sex -- Lies -- Consequences.

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"In this book, Allen W. Wood investigates Kant's conception of ethical theory, using it to develop a viable approach to the rights and moral duties of human beings. By remaining closer to Kant's own view of the aims of ethics, Wood's understanding of Kantian ethics differs from the received "constructivist" interpretation, especially on such matters as the ground and function of ethical principles, the nature of ethical reasoning, and autonomy as the ground of ethics. Wood does not hesitate to criticize and modify Kant's conclusions when they seem inconsistent with his basic principles or fail to make the best use of the resources that Kantian principles make available. Of special interest are the book's treatment of such topics as freedom of the will, the state's role in securing economic justice, sexual morality, the justification of punishment, and the prohibition on lying."--Jacket.

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