Kantian ethics
10,064 Followers
Recent papers in Kantian ethics
Forthcoming in Philosophical Review.
Kant on sex gives most philosophers the following associations: a lifelong celibate philosopher; a natural teleological view of sexuality; a strange incorporation of this natural teleological account within his freedom-based moral theory;... more
After World War II human dignity successfully made its way into many constitutions and international treaties, as well as EU law. Yet, since it was not an entirely new concept, it should not be taken for granted that before 1945 it was... more
One of the central features of Kant's moral theory is the sharp distinction he draws between the moral Tightness (legality) of actions and their moral worth or goodness (morality). As we know from the first pages of the Groundwork,... more
Aquí va el prólogo a Praxis. Una introducción a la moral, la política y el Derecho, Atelier, Barcelona, 2017. Refleja y amplía la introducción que he venido dando a mis estudiantes de teoría política y filosofía del derecho en la Facultad... more
In this review I critically digest the main themes of Shiffrin's arguments, with a focus on the question of whether her "thinker-based" theory of free speech has different, or more ambivalent, practical implications for free speech policy... more
My entry for the term "Interest" in The Cambridge Kant Lexicon, ed. Julian Wuerth (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). This is a preprint draft.
The Genesis of Kant`s Ethics: the moral precritical development in its relation to Theodicy Abstract: Kant‘s moral philosophy is one of the great cornerstones of the Western ethical reflection. The little that is known is that the... more
In seiner Kritik der Moralphilosophie der westlichen Tradition gab sich Richard Rorty als humaner, engagierter Aufklärer. Gleichgültig, ob ontologisch, mentalistisch oder linguistisch argumentiert worden sei: Platon, Kant und Habermas... more
For my Introduction to Ethics class at The University of Akron, I use Sandel's excellent chapter to introduce my students, nearly all of whom are non-majors, to Kantian ethics. I have found it helpful to give the students questions to... more
Though Kant calls the prohibition against suicide the first duty of human beings to themselves, his arguments for this duty lack his characteristic rigor and systematicity. The lack of a single authoritative Kantian approach to suicide... more
Redimensionar o problema dos valores na pós-modernidade significa debater com diversas tradições da filosofia pós-metafísica, o que no Direito faz-se presente a partir da percepção do mesmo como fenômeno cultural multifacetado, envolto... more
ETHICS: A PLURALISTIC APPROACH TO MORAL THEORY, FIFTH EDITION provides a comprehensive yet clear introduction to the main traditions in ethical thought, including virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontology. Additionally, the book... more
Draft on the Kantian perspective regarding ethical rights and controversy in full veil law in Canadian Citizenship ceremonies.
L’etica di Immanuel Kant è giustamente considerata ancora oggi uno dei fondamenti della filosofia morale e uno dei vertici dell’intera storia della filosofia. Si tratta indubbiamente di uno degli apici supremi della storia del pensiero.... more
The objective of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of the Kantian notion of freedom (especially the problem of the third antinomy and its resolution in the critique of pure reason); its significance in the... more
Table of contents 1. Plato and a response to ethical scepticism; 2. Aristotle and the invention of practical philosophy; 3. Diogenes and philosophy as a form of life; 4. Epicurus and ethics as care for oneself; 5. Epictetus and ethics... more
Both the cause and the solution to environmental crisis are parsed in terms that seem intrinsically to sponsor rejection of notions of autonomy. At the level of metaphysics and of ethics, a discourse of human autonomy is generally seen... more
What is it to have a reason to do something? is one sort of question; what is it we have reason to do? is another. These questions are often explored separately. But our answers to them may not be independent: what reasons are may have... more
Breve resumo das duas primeiras seções da obra "Fundamentação da Metafísica dos Costumes", de Immanuel Kant.
Hazing is a widespread moral phenomenon that has attracted little theoretical discussion. Here are my purposes are two fold: First, I provide a characterization of hazing that captures the features relevant to analyzing and evaluating... more
I reconstruct a plot in the twentieth-century Anglo-Saxon ethical discussion. I discuss first the reasons why in the first half of the twentieth century the claim of a neutral character of metaethics vis-a-vis normative ethics was... more
My theme is ‘life-writing’, understood as the shaping of one's life through the contemplation of values, although this activity is mostly unreflective. To become an art so that one's life can be shaped in greater accord with clearly held... more
This paper examines the thought that our right actions have moral worth only if we perform them for the right reasons. I argue against the view, often ascribed to Kant, that morally worthy actions must be performed because they are... more
Kant's most prominent formulation of the Categorical Imperative, known as the Formula of Universal Law (FUL), is generally thought to demand that one act only on maxims that one can will as universal laws without this generating a... more
Provides a brief, but relatively systematic introduction to the basic elements of Kant's critical methodology. Begins by discussing how Kant conceives of the proper ends of rational inquiry, and how those ends inform his conception of the... more
Gauthier's contractarianism begins with an idea of a rational deliberator but 'finds no basis for postulating a moral need for the justification of one's actions to others.
There are few good summaries of this important work available on the internet. This submission aims to fill that gap.
El entorno religioso de nuestra imputabilidad moral y la fe reflexionante del auténtico credo kantiano (Presentación al texto de Kant Sobre el mal radical) The Religious Environment of Our Moral Imputability and the Reflective Faith of... more
Although material value-ethics was introduced into philosophy at least a century ago, confusion still persists as to what it implies. This article offers some clarification. It states how material value-ethics stands opposed to... more
Paper basado en la lectura de la Kritik der praktischen Vernunft y Die
Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft para un seminario en el Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum
Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft para un seminario en el Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum
Famously, in the second Critique, Kant claims that our consciousness of the moral law provides us with sufficient grounds for the attribution of freedom to ourselves as noumena or things-in-themselves. This much should be uncontroversial.... more
Kant takes the idea of autonomy of the will to be his distinctive contribution to moral philosophy. However, this idea is more nuanced and complicated than one might think. In this chapter, I sketch the rough outlines of Kant's idea of... more
This chapter discusses the moral theory of Immanuel Kant and its application to communication ethics.