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1 online resource (x, 184 pages .) |
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text file |
| Series |
Continuum studies in philosophy
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Continuum studies in philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Evil in the critical works. Valuing existence -- Discerning evil: facing alterity, assuming responsibility -- New beginnings -- The unanswered question -- The moral deficit. Imperfect reason -- The enigma of freedom -- Sacred duty -- The inherent propensity. The project of religion -- Sketching the problem -- The propensity to evil -- Freedom in question. Rights and wrongs: deceit in the public space -- Mendacity and subjectivity -- Time and evil -- In reality ... Investigating evil: the final clues -- Cases in point -- Stretching the limits. A philosophical problem? -- Kant's saving grace: reason, history and human nature -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
To speak of evil is to speak of a gap between what is and what should be. If classical approaches to this problem often relied on a religious or metaphysical framework to structure their response, Kant''s answer is typically modern in that it places within the subject the means of its own moral regeneration. And yet from his first essays on ethics to later, more rigorous writings on the issue, Kant also admits an undeniable fallibility and inherent weakness to humanity. This book explores this neglected existential side of Kant''s work. It presents radical evil as vacillating between tragic an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
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Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. |
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Good and evil.
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Good and evil. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781441193193 1441193197 (DLC) 2011019459 |
| ISBN |
9781441105660 (electronic book) |
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1441105662 (electronic book) |
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9781441193193 |
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1441193197 |
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9781472513076 |
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