Altman Kant and Applied Ethics

The Uses and Limits of Kant's Practical Philosophy
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-11413-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution toKant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of keyethical debates.
* Offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics,interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluatingtheir strengths and weaknesses
* Examines the controversies surrounding the most importantethical discussions taking place today, including abortion, thedeath penalty, and same-sex marriage
* Joins innovative thinkers in contemporary Kantian scholarship,including Christine Korsgaard, Allen Wood, and Barbara Herman, intaking Kant's philosophy in new and interestingdirections
* Clarifies Kant's legacy for applied ethics, helping us tounderstand how these debates have been structured historically andproviding us with the philosophical tools to address them

Autoren/Hrsg.

Altman, Matthew C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vi
Note on Sources and Key to Abbreviations viii
Introduction: Why Kant Now 1
Part I. Applying Kant's Ethics 11
1. Animal Suffering and Moral Character 13
2. Kant's Strategic Importance for Environmental Ethics45
3. Moral and Legal Arguments for Universal Health Care 71
4. The Scope of Patient Autonomy 90
Part II. Kantian Arguments against Kant'sConclusions 115
5. Subjecting Ourselves to Capital Punishment 117
6. Same-Sex Marriage as a Means to Mutual Respect 139
Part III. Limitations of Kant's Theory 165
7. Consent, Mail-Order Brides, and the Marriage Contract 167
8. Individual Maxims and Social Justice 194
9. The Decomposition of the Corporate Body 217
10. Becoming a Person 241
Conclusion: Emerging from Kant's Long Shadow283
Bibliography 289
Index 311

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew C. Altman is an associate professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy & Religious Studies Department at Central Washington University. In addition to articles in ethics, applied ethics, and the history of philosophy, he is the author of A Companion to Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" (2008), co-author of The Fractured Self in Freud and German Philosophy (2013), and editor of The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism (2014).