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Self-Improvement

An Essay in Kantian Ethics

Bibliographic Data

ID8076097
AuthorsRobert W Johnson (0000-0002-8376-7412, corresponding author), Robert N Johnson
Year2011
Pages174
Publication date2011-11-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSelf-improvement (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199599349.001.0001
OpenAlexW2504011392
ISBN9780199599349
Open LibraryOL25211514M
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Is there any moral obligation to improve oneself? Robert N. Johnson argues that there is, and develops a broadly Kantian point of view to defend his position and challenge a range of opposing arguments

Duty · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanity · Kantian ethics · Law and economics · Moral obligation · Obligation · Political science · Sociology · Universalization · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Ethics in medical practice · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Criticism and interpretation · Ethics · immanuel Kant (1724-1804) · Self-actualization (Psychology) · Self-culture · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology

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Highly citedNo

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