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The Ideal of a Rational Morality
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Marcus George Singer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This is a collection of essays by moral philosopher Marcus George Singer in which the guiding theme is the concept of a morality based in reason, which is presu
The Value of Humanity in Kant's Moral Theory
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Richard Dean
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05-11 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The humanity formulation of Kant's Categorical Imperative demands that we treat humanity as an end in itself. Because this principle resonates with currently in
The Second-Person Standpoint
Language: en
Pages: 363
Authors: Stephen Darwall
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Why should we avoid doing moral wrong? The inability of philosophy to answer this question in a compelling manner—along with the moral skepticism and ethical
Morality as Rationality
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: Barbara Herman
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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First published in 1990. The aim of this thesis is to show that the way to understand the central claims of Kant’s ethics is to accept the idea that morality
Kantian Ethics, Dignity and Perfection
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Paul Formosa
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A clear and original perspective on Kantian ethics that focuses on the dignity, vulnerability and perfectibility of human rational agency.