Action, Agency, and Ethics: A Study of Gewirth, Kant, Rationality, and Community (Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy)

by Michael Boylan

Michael Boylan (Editor)

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As one of the most important ethicists to emerge since the Second World War, Alan Gewirth continues to influence philosophical debates concerning morality. In this ground-breaking book, Gewirth's neo-Kantianism, and the communitarian problems discussed, form a dialogue on the foundation of moral theory. Themes of agent-centered constraints, the formal structure of theories, and the relationship between freedom and duty are examined along with such new perspectives as feminism, the Stoics, and Sartre. Gewirth offers a picture of the philosopher's theory and its applications, providing a richer, more complete critical assessement than any which has occurred to date.
  • ISBN10 0847692590
  • ISBN13 9780847692590
  • Publish Date 23 December 1998
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 20 June 2012
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 230
  • Language English