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Significance and System: Essays on Kant's Ethics
Significance and System: Essays on Kant's Ethics
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Significance and System: Essays on Kant's Ethics brings together central lines of thought in Mark Timmons's work on Kant's moral theory. The first part of the book concerns the interpretation and justification of the categorical imperative in which Timmons argues for a differential roles
interpretation of the categorical imperative, according to which distinct formulations of this principle play different roles in the overall economy of Kant's ethics. In addition he offers a detailed interpretation of the analytic/synthetic distinction in Kant's ethics that plays a central role in
Kant's justification of his supreme moral principle. In the second part, Timmons addresses questions about the relation between motive and rightness, arguing, for example, that contemporary Kantians have misunderstood that relation. This part also examines Kant's attempt in the Doctrine of Virtue to
ground a system of ethical duties in the categorical imperative. In part three, Timmons turns to issues in Kant's psychology of moral evil, including the psychology of the devilish vices. Throughout Timmons combines interpretive insight with a critical eye in interpreting and criticizing Kant's
ethical thought.
Author: Mark Timmons
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/28/2017
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780190203368
interpretation of the categorical imperative, according to which distinct formulations of this principle play different roles in the overall economy of Kant's ethics. In addition he offers a detailed interpretation of the analytic/synthetic distinction in Kant's ethics that plays a central role in
Kant's justification of his supreme moral principle. In the second part, Timmons addresses questions about the relation between motive and rightness, arguing, for example, that contemporary Kantians have misunderstood that relation. This part also examines Kant's attempt in the Doctrine of Virtue to
ground a system of ethical duties in the categorical imperative. In part three, Timmons turns to issues in Kant's psychology of moral evil, including the psychology of the devilish vices. Throughout Timmons combines interpretive insight with a critical eye in interpreting and criticizing Kant's
ethical thought.
Author: Mark Timmons
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/28/2017
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780190203368
About the Author
Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at University of Arizona. His books include Disputed Moral Issues, Third Edition, Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, and Morality without Foundations.
