Kant's Anatomy of Evil

ISBN-13: 9780521514323 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 264 str.

Sharon Anderson-Gold

Opis

Leading scholars of Kant examine and elucidate his views on evil and how they can be extended to contemporary questions.

Recenzje

"... Kant's Anatomy of Evil resoundingly succeeds in showing the depth of Kant's resources for dealing with the problem of moral evil. Anyone with a professional interest in Kant's practical philosophy should read it."
--Robert Gressis, California State University, Northridge, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Kant's 'Metaphysics of Permanent Rupture': radical evil and the unity of reason Philip Rossi; 2. Kantian moral pessimism Patrick Frierson; 3. Kant, the Bible, and the recovery from radical evil Gordon Michalson; 4. Kant's moral excluded middle Claudia Card; 5. Evil everywhere: the ordinariness of Kantian radical evil Robert Louden; 6. An alternative proof of the universal propensity to evil Pablo Muchnik; 7. Kant and the intelligibility of evil Allen Wood; 8. Social dimensions of Immanuel Kant's 'Conception of Radical Evil' Jeanine Grenberg; 9. Kant, radical evil, and crimes against humanity Sharon Anderson-Gold; 10. Revolution and reconciliation: toward a Kantian account David Sussman.