Kant's Practical Philosophy
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Contrary to Reinhold's theoretical discussion of Kant's philosophy, his practical critique and its underlying action theory and theory of freedom have been neglected in scholarship. In my paper, I shall reconstruct Reinhold’s practical... more
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
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar o modus operandi da produção audiovisual intitulada “Esclarecimento” com discussões importantes para o campo da Comunicação ao analisar por meio da Teoria Crítica da Sociedade elementos... more
Abstract: Highlighting the debate with Rousseau, my objective in this paper is to stress, through the analysis of some of these Notes and with the aid of some passages of other texts, the new Kant`s conceptions on the religion and... 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
Medical ethics is the study of ethics in the context of modern medical practices, medical personnel, technologies, and institutions. The study of medical ethics is indispensable for training ethically informed professionals in a variety... more
En este trabajo proponemos examinar una doble exigencia formulada por Kant en El conflicto de las Facultades –a saber, la exigencia de libertad y la exigencia del orden–, a fin de señalar la premisa básica subyacente a dicha exigencia,... more
In the second Critique, Kant argues that for the highest good to be possible we need to postulate the existence of God and the immortality of the soul in a future world. In his other writings, however, he suggests that the highest good is... more
Le présent article interroge la capacité des théoriques éthiques à justifier ou non la GPA en général, et plus spécifiquement, à se prononcer sur une possible légalisation en France dans les années à venir. Il montre que, contrairement à... more
Anthropogenic climate change poses a considerable threat to human life on planet Earth. Extreme weather, water stress, crop failure and the spread of diseases are among the eff ects of climate change that are already being felt around the... more
Iris Murdoch, Harry Frankfurt, and Michael Stocker all criticize modern (and especially liberal) moral theories for failing to accommodate love's apparent foundational importance. In this paper, I argue that these concerns highlight a... more
If the greatness of a philosophical work can be measured by the volume and vehemence of the public response, there is little question that Rousseau's Social Contract stands out as a masterpiece. Within a week of its publication in 1762 it... more
Die sog. Preisschrift über die Fortschritte der Metaphysik hat in den letzten Jahren überraschend wenig Aufmerksamkeit in der Kantforschung erfahren. Das beginnt sich erst langsam zu ändern, bedingt vor allem durch das Wiedereinsetzen... 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
Jean-Luis Bruch remarked that Law has a very special place in Kant’s thinking. His language was to a great extent shaped by legal terminology, to the point that it displays a deep articulation between legal concepts and philosophical... more
Massimo Cacciari ist einer der bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen Philosophen Italiens. Dieses Buch ist die erste umfassende deutschsprachige Monographie zu seinem Denkweg. In Auseinandersetzung mit dem spekulativen Denken von Augustinus bis... more
A theory of evil should explain the difference between evils and wrongs. But once a theory of evil has been developed, how do we defend or refute it? The most commonly used method for doing this to provide pro-examples and... more
In this paper I examine Kant’s discussion of freedom in the Metaphysics of Morals, while devoting special attention to the question as to whether indeed, as many commentators have claimed, it contains a solution to an objection raised by... 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
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.