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Author : Immanuel Kant
Release : 2001-03-19
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Lectures on Ethics by : Immanuel Kant
Download or read book Lectures on Ethics written by Immanuel Kant. This book was released on 2001-03-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lecture notes taken by Kant's students of his university courses in ethics.
Author : Lara Denis
Release : 2015-04-23
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Kant's Lectures on Ethics by : Lara Denis
Download or read book Kant's Lectures on Ethics written by Lara Denis. This book was released on 2015-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book devoted to an examination of Kant's lectures on ethics, which provide a unique and revealing perspective on the development of his views. In fifteen newly commissioned essays, leading Kant scholars discuss four sets of student notes reflecting different periods of Kant's career: those taken by Herder (1762–4), Collins (mid-1770s), Mrongovius (1784–5) and Vigilantius (1793–4). The essays cover a diverse range of topics, from the relation between Kant's lectures and the Baumgarten textbooks, to obligation, virtue, love, the highest good, freedom, the categorical imperative, moral motivation and religion. Together they provide the reader with a deeper and fuller understanding of the evolution of Kant's moral thought. The volume will be of interest to a range of readers in Kant studies, ethics, political philosophy, religious studies and the history of ideas.
Author : Alix Cohen
Release : 2014-10-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Kant's Lectures on Anthropology by : Alix Cohen
Download or read book Kant's Lectures on Anthropology written by Alix Cohen. This book was released on 2014-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to Kant's lectures on anthropology and their philosophical importance.
Author : John Rawls
Release : 2009-06-30
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 565/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy by : John Rawls
Download or read book Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy written by John Rawls. This book was released on 2009-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constantly revised and refined over three decades, Rawls's lectures on various historical figures reflect his developing and changing views on the history of liberalism and democracy. With its careful analyses of the doctrine of the social contract, utilitarianism, and socialism, this volume has a critical place in the traditions it expounds.
Author : Immanuel Kant
Release : 2020-07-30
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Kant’s Foundations of Ethics by : Immanuel Kant
Download or read book Kant’s Foundations of Ethics written by Immanuel Kant. This book was released on 2020-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These works articulate the most fundamental principles of Kant’s ethical and political world-view. "What is Enlightenment?" (1784) and "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals" (1785) challenge all free people to think about the requirements for self-determination both in our individual lives and in our public and private institutions. Kant’s "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals" is dedicated to the proposition that all people can know what they need to know to be honest, good, wise, and virtuous. The purpose of Kant’s moral philosophy is to help us become aware of the principles that are already contained within us. Innocence and dependence must be replaced with wisdom and good will if we are to avoid being vulnerable and misguided. According to Kant, freedom of thought leads naturally to freedom of action. When that happens, governments begin to treat human beings, not as machines, but as persons with dignity. Immanuel Kant begins "Toward Lasting Peace" by contrasting the realism of practical politicians with the high-minded theories of philosophers who "dream their sweet dreams." His opening line provides a grim reminder that the only alternative to finding a way to avoid the war of each against all is the lasting peace of the graveyard. The advent of total war and the development of nuclear weapons in the twentieth century give Kant’s reflections an urgency he could not have anticipated. Kant published this work in 1795, during the aftermath of the American Revolution and the French Revolution. The high hopes of the European Enlightenment had been dampened by the Reign of Terror in which tens of thousands of people died, and the perpetual cycle of war and temporary armistice seemed to be inescapable. Kant’s essay is best known as an early articulation of the idea of a league of nations that could bring "an end to all hostilities." Today The United Nations continues to pursue that dream, but lasting peace still seems to be wishful thinking. No modern philosopher is more important than Immanuel Kant. His works extend from epistemology and metaphysics to aesthetics, ethics, and political philosophy. His "Critical Philosophy" is developed in three major works: "The Critique of Pure Reason," "The Critique of Practical Reason," and "The Critique of Judgment." A German speaker, he was born in Prussia, an area that is now part of Poland. He never travelled more than 50 miles from his home in Königsberg, but his influence has since pervaded every aspect of Western culture.
