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An introduction to Kant's ethics / Roger J. Sullivan.

By:

Sullivan, Roger J

Material type: Text

TextOriginal language: English Publication details: Cambridge ;;New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994Description: viii, 183 p. 23 cmISBN:

0521462088 (hard);0521467691 (pbk.)

DDC classification:

170.92 20 SUL 1994

Summary: "This is the most up-to-date, brief and accessible introduction to Kant's ethics available. It approaches the moral theory via the political philosophy, thus allowing the reader to appreciate why Kant argued that the legal structure for any civil society must have a moral basis. This approach also explains why Kant thought that our basic moral norms should serve as laws of conduct for everyone. The volume includes a detailed commentary on Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant's most widely studied work of moral philosophy. The book complements the author's much more comprehensive and systematic study Immanuel Kant's Moral Theory (Cambridge, 1989), a volume that has received the highest critical praise. With its briefer compass and non-technical style this new introduction should help to disseminate the key elements of one of the great modern philosophies to an even wider readership." - Book cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library Section SB- R304	170.92 SUL 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P 15021

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.

"This is the most up-to-date, brief and accessible introduction to Kant's ethics available. It approaches the moral theory via the political philosophy, thus allowing the reader to appreciate why Kant argued that the legal structure for any civil society must have a moral basis. This approach also explains why Kant thought that our basic moral norms should serve as laws of conduct for everyone. The volume includes a detailed commentary on Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant's most widely studied work of moral philosophy. The book complements the author's much more comprehensive and systematic study Immanuel Kant's Moral Theory (Cambridge, 1989), a volume that has received the highest critical praise. With its briefer compass and non-technical style this new introduction should help to disseminate the key elements of one of the great modern philosophies to an even wider readership." - Book cover.

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