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1 [edition]. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Laying the ground -- Moral realism and naturalism -- The place of ethics in Kant's philosophy -- Practical reason in nature -- The priority of the practical and the fact of reason -- The transcendental status of empirical reason -- Morality beyond nature -- God without God: the status of the postulates -- From many to one to none: non-natural free choice -- Value and the inexplicability of the practical -- Kant's naturalist moral idealism. |
| Summary |
In this comprehensive assessment of Kant's metaethics, Frederick Rauscher shows that Kant is a moral idealist rather than a moral realist and argues that Kant's ethics does not require metaphysical commitments that go beyond nature. Rauscher frames the argument in the context of Kant's non-naturalistic philosophical method and the character of practical reason as action-oriented. Reason operates entirely within nature, and apparently non-natural claims - God, free choice, and value - are shown to be heuristic and to reflect reason's ordering of nature. The book shows how Kant hesitates between a transcendental moral idealism with an empirical moral realism and a complete moral idealism. Examining every aspect of Kant's ethics, from the categorical imperative to freedom and value, this volume argues that Kant's focus on human moral agency explains morality as a part of nature. It will appeal to academic researchers and advanced students of Kant, German idealism and intellectual history. |
| 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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Ethics.
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Ethics. |
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Naturalism.
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Naturalism. |
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Realism.
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Realism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rauscher, Frederick, 1961- Naturalism and realism in Kant's ethics. 1 [edition] 9781107088801 (DLC) 2015020982 (OCoLC)910622107 |
| ISBN |
9781316458433 (electronic book) |
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1316458431 (electronic book) |
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9781316105252 (electronic book) |
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1316105253 (electronic book) |
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9781107088801 |
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1107088801 |
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9781107460829 (paperback) |
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