Kant on Morality, Humanity, and Legality
Practical Dimensions of Normativity
Editors: Lyssy, Ansgar, Yeomans, Christopher (Eds.)
Free Preview- Explores the different conceptions of humanity, morality and legality in Kant as main ‘manifestations’ or ‘dimensions’ of normativity
- Maps out the conceptual geography in which the concept of normativity is articulated and evaluated
- Written for scholars and students working on Kant, as well as ethics, value theory and legal theory
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- About this book
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It was not so long ago that the dominant picture of Kant’s practical philosophy was formalistic, focusing almost exclusively on his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Practical Reason. However, the overall picture of Kant’s wide-ranging philosophy has since been broadened and deepened. We now have a much more complete understanding of the range of Kant’s practical interests and of his contributions to areas as diverse as anthropology, pedagogy, and legal theory. What remains somewhat obscure, however, is how these different contributions hang together in the way that Kant suggests that they must. This book explores these different conceptions of humanity, morality, and legality in Kant as main ‘manifestations’ or ‘dimensions’ of practical normativity. These interrelated terms play a crucial role in highlighting different rational obligations, their source(s), and their applicability in the face of changing circumstances.
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Ansgar Lyssy is a researcher at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Christopher Yeomans is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA. - Reviews
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"Lyssy and Yeomans have put together a volume of exceptionally high quality on a notion central to Kantian philosophy. Taken together, the chapters easily represent the most comprehensive treatment available of normativity across the domains of Kant's practical philosophy. This will no doubt be a welcome resource for specialists, but the diversity of the topics discussed under the broader theme of normativity, not to mention the accessibility of each of the contributions, ensures that non-specialists will also find something of interest." (Corey W. Dyck, Professor and Faculty Scholar for Arts and Humanities, Western University, Canada)
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction: Dimensions of Normativity in Kant
Pages 1-18
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‘Why be moral?’: How to Take the Question Seriously (and Why) from a Kantian Perspective
Pages 21-44
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Deceptive Unity and Productive Disunity: Kant’s Account of Situated Moral Selves
Pages 45-66
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It’s All About Power: The Deep Structure of Kant’s Categorical Imperative and Its Three Formulations
Pages 67-89
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Categorical Imperative and Human Nature
Pages 91-108
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Kant on Morality, Humanity, and Legality
- Book Subtitle
- Practical Dimensions of Normativity
- Editors
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- Ansgar Lyssy
- Christopher Yeomans
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-54050-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-54050-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-54049-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 280
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