Samuel Hollander

Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Adopting a view of utilitarian ethics in which motivation in the public interest takes on greater weight than is generally appreciated, this book explores the extent to which the philosophy of Immanuel Kant is consistent with this nuanced version of utilitarianism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781032198170
• ISBN-10: 1032198176
• Artikelnr.: 69877674

Autorenporträt

Samuel Hollander is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, Canada, and an Officer in the Order of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF WORK ONE. KANT ON VIRTUE TWO. KANT'S KÖNIGSBERG
LECTURES ON ETHICS THREE. KANT'S KÖNIGSBERG LECTURES ON ANTHROPOLOGY FOUR.
KANT IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY (UTILITARIAN) CONTEXT FIVE. KANT AND SOME LATER
INTELLECTUAL RELATIONS SIX. MICHEL de MONTAIGNE (1533-1592): AN EARLY
PRECURSOR OF KANT? SEVEN. KANT AND UTILITARIAN ETHICS. A GENERAL OVERVIEW

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INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF WORK ONE. KANT ON VIRTUE TWO. KANT'S KÖNIGSBERG LECTURES ON ETHICS THREE. KANT'S KÖNIGSBERG LECTURES ON ANTHROPOLOGY FOUR. KANT IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY (UTILITARIAN) CONTEXT FIVE. KANT AND SOME LATER INTELLECTUAL RELATIONS SIX. MICHEL de MONTAIGNE (1533-1592): AN EARLY PRECURSOR OF KANT? SEVEN. KANT AND UTILITARIAN ETHICS. A GENERAL OVERVIEW

Rezensionen

"Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics expertly demonstrates the complexities of the work of Kant and the utilitarians while making a sound argument for a heretofore unacknowledged connection between them, and is sure to reward repeated readings."

Mark D. White, Journal of the History of Economic Thought

"Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics expertly demonstrates the complexities of the work of Kant and the utilitarians while making a sound argument for a heretofore unacknowledged connection between them, and is sure to reward repeated readings."

Mark D. White, Journal of the History of Economic Thought