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At the core of Kant's ethics lies the claim that if there is a supreme principle of morality then it cannot be a principle based on utilitarianism or Aristotelian perfectionism or the Ten Commandments. The only viable candidate for such a principle is the categorical imperative. This book is the most detailed investigation of this claim. It constructs a new, criterial reading of Kant's derivation of one version of the categorical imperative: the Formula of Universal Law. This reading shows this derivation to be far more compelling than contemporary philosophers tend to believe. It also reveals a novel approach to deriving another version of the categorical imperative, the Formula of Humanity, a principle widely considered to be the most attractive Kantian candidate for the supreme principle of morality. This book will be important not just for Kant scholars but for a broad swathe of students of philosophy.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Ethics & moral philosophy

• Full title: Kant's Search for the Supreme Principle of Morality
• Author: Kerstein, Samuel J. (University of Maryland, College Park)
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244
• EAN: 9780521009270
• ISBN: 0521009278
• ID: 02017578
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 374 g
• Dimensions: 153 × 228 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. June 2005

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