Should Kantians Care about Moral Worth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4830366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter E Schaller (Texas Tech University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-40 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300014967 |
| OpenAlex | W2036957872 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
One of the central features of Kant's moral theory is the sharp distinction he draws between the moral Tightness (legality) of actions and their moral worth or goodness (morality). As we know from the first pages of the Groundwork, the rightness of an action is determined by the conformity of the agent's maxim to the categorical imperative; the moral goodness or worth of an action is determined by the agent's motives, by whether the agent acted from the motive of duty or from some other (non-moral) empirical motive. Morally good actions must be morally right, according to Kant, whereas morally right actions are not necessarily morally good
Action (physics) · Categorical imperative · Conformity · Duty · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Maxim · Morality · Political science · Principle of legality · Sociology · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
Friendship, altruism and morality
The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories
Groundwork of The Metaphysic of Morals
Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone
On the Value of Acting from the Motive of Duty
Sir David Ross on Duty and Purpose in Kant
Kant's Architectonic of Duties
Critique of Practical Reason (Hackett Classics Series)
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |