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Kant’s Impure Ethics

From Rational Beings to Human Beings

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ID8076005
AuthorsRobert B Louden (corresponding author)
Year2000
Pages254
Publication date2000-01-13
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueKant's impure ethics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780195130416.001.0001
OpenAlexW4388217162
Open LibraryOL18138761M
ISBN9780195130416
LanguageEN
Citations received87

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 Kant’s 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

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