Morality as Rationality: A Study of Kant's Ethics (Routledge Library Editions: Kant) (Harvard Dissertations in Philosophy S.)

by Barbara Herman

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First published in 1990. The aim of this thesis is to show that the way to understand the central claims of Kant's ethics is to accept the idea that morality is a distinctive form of rationality; that the moral "ought" belongs to a system of imperatives based in practical reason; and that moral judgment, therefore, is a species of rational assessment of agents' actions. It argues, in effect, that you cannot understand Kant's views about morality if you read him with Humean assumptions about rationality. This title will be of interest to students of philosophy.

  • ISBN10 1138650919
  • ISBN13 9781138650916
  • Publish Date 17 October 2017 (first published 1 March 1990)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 322
  • Language English