Kant's Impure Ethics: From Rational Beings to Human Beings

By Robert B. Louden

Book Overview

This is the first book-length study in any language to examine in detail and critically assess the second part of Kant's ethics--an empirical, impure part, which determines how best to apply pure principles to the human situation. Drawing attention to Kant's under-explored impure ethics, this revealing investigation refutes the common and long-standing misperception that Kants ethics advocates empty formalism. Making detailed use of a variety of Kantian texts never before translated into English, author Robert B. Louden reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of Kantian ethics as a whole, once the second part is re-admitted to its rightful place within Kant's practical philosophy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195160304
• ISBN13: 9780195160307
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"