Kant's Impure Ethics: From Rational Beings to Human Beings (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195130416)

This is the first book-length study in any language to examine in detail and critically assess the second part of Kant's ethics--an empirical, impure part, which determines how best to apply pure principles to the human situation. Drawing attention to Kant's under-explored impure ethics, this revealing investigation refutes the common and long-standing misperception that Kants ethics advocates empty formalism. Making detailed use of a variety of Kantian texts never before translated into English, author Robert B. Louden reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of Kantian ethics as a whole, once the second part is re-admitted to its rightful place within Kant's practical philosophy.

Author: Robert B. Louden
ISBN-10: 0195130413
ISBN-13: 9780195130416
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2000
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d