Kantian Ethics, Dignity and Perfection

ISBN-13: 9781107189249 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 230 str.

Paul Formosa

Opis

A clear and original perspective on Kantian ethics that focuses on the dignity, vulnerability and perfectibility of human rational agency.

Spis treści

Introduction: Kantian ethics as an ethics of dignity; 1. The categorical imperative and the formula of humanity; 2. Grounding dignity: a constructivist foundation for the formula of humanity; 3. Treating people with dignity and respect: how to apply the formula of humanity to vulnerable humans; 4. Who has dignity? Rational agency and the limits of the formula of humanity; 5. Achievement dignity, virtue and autonomy: how to live up to your status dignity.