In many histories of modern ethics, Kant is supposed to have ushered in an anti-realist or constructivist turn by holding that unless we ourselves 'author' or lay down moral norms and values for ourselves, our autonomy as agents will be threatened. In this book, Robert Stern challenges the cogency of this 'argument from autonomy', and claims that Kant never subscribed to it. Rather, it is not value realism but the apparent obligatoriness of morality that really poses a challenge to our autonomy: how can this be accounted for without taking away our freedom? The debate the book focuses on...
In many histories of modern ethics, Kant is supposed to have ushered in an anti-realist or constructivist turn by holding that unless we ourselves 'au...
Brings together a collection of papers that Robert M Stern and his co-authors have written. This collection addresses a variety of issues pertinent to the global trading system. It deals with globalization in terms of what the public needs to know about this phenomenon and the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Brings together a collection of papers that Robert M Stern and his co-authors have written. This collection addresses a variety of issues pertinent to...
