UID:
almafu_9959326895402883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781118114162
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1118114167
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9781118114124
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1118114124
Content:
Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. Offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses Examines the controversies surrounding the most important ethical discussions taking place today, including abortion, the death penalty, and same-sex marriage Joins innovative thinkers in contemporary Kantian scholarship, including Christine Korsgaard, Allen Wood, and Barbara Herman, in taking Kant's philosophy in new and interesting directions Clarifies Kant's legacy for applied ethics, helping us to understand how these debates have been structured historically and providing us with the philosophical tools to address them.
Note:
Front Matter -- Introduction: Why Kant Now -- Applying Kant's Ethics. Part Introduction -- Animal Suffering and Moral Character -- Kant's Strategic Importance for Environmental Ethics -- Moral and Legal Arguments for Universal Health Care -- The Scope of Patient Autonomy -- Kantian Arguments against Kant's Conclusions. Part Introduction -- Subjecting Ourselves to Capital Punishment -- Same-Sex Marriage as a Means to Mutual Respect -- Limitations of Kant's Theory. Part Introduction -- Consent, Mail-Order Brides, and the Marriage Contract -- Individual Maxims and Social Justice -- The Decomposition of the Corporate Body -- Becoming a Person -- Conclusion: Emerging from Kant's Long Shadow -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Animal suffering and moral character -- Kant's strategic importance for environmental ethics -- Moral and legal arguments for universal health care -- The scope of patient autonomy -- Subjecting ourselves to capital punishment -- Same-sex marriage as a means to mutual respect -- Consent, mail-order brides, and the marriage contract -- Individual maxims and social justice -- The decomposition of the corporate body -- On becoming a person -- Conclusion: emerging from Kant's long shadow.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Altman, Matthew C. Kant and applied ethics. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 ISBN 9780470657669
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118114162
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118114162
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118114162
