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Kantian and Sidgwickian Ethics: The Cosmos of Duty Above and the Moral Law Within book cover

1st Edition

Kantian and Sidgwickian Ethics The Cosmos of Duty Above and the Moral Law Within

Edited By Tyler Paytas, Tim Henning Copyright 2020
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge
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Immanuel Kant and Henry Sidgwick are towering figures in the history of moral philosophy. Kant’s views on ethics continue to be discussed and studied in detail not only in philosophy, but also theology, political science, and legal theory. Meanwhile, Sidgwick is emerging as the philosopher within the utilitarian tradition who merits the same meticulous treatment that Kant receives. As champions... Read more

Introduction

Tyler Paytas and Tim Henning

Part I. From Theory to Practice

1. Practical Ethics in Sidgwick and Kant

Anthony Skelton

2. Self-Defeating Moral Theories and Kant’s Doctrine of Right

Tim Henning

Part II. Moral Knowledge and Motivation

3. Sidgwick and Kant on Practical Knowledge and Rational Action

Carla Bagnoli

4. Sidgwick’s Kantian Account of Moral Motivation

David Phillips

Part III. Intuitionism and Disagreement

5. On Seeing What is Right: Sidgwick, Kant, and Philosophical Intuitionism

Roger Crisp

6. Peerless: Sidgwick, Kant, and Peer Disagreement

Robert Shaver

Part IV. Freedom of Will

7. Freedom and Happiness: Sidgwick’s Critique of Kant

Paul Guyer

8. Kant and Sidgwick on Freedom of Will, Morality, and Responsibility

Mariko Nakano-Okuno

Part V. Ultimate Ends

9. Aristotelian Eudaimonism and the Dualism of Practical Reason

Sukaina Hirji

10. Beneficent Governor of the Cosmos: Kant and Sidgwick on the Moral

Necessity of God

Tyler Paytas

Biography

Tyler Paytas is a Research Fellow in the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. His articles have appeared in Journal of the History of Philosophy, Kantian Review, Phronesis and Utilitas. He is the co-author (with Nicholas Baima) of Plato’s Pragmatism: Rethinking the Relationship between Ethics and Epistemology (Routledge, forthcoming).

Tim Henning is Professor and Chair of Practical Philosophy and History of Philosophy at the Universität Stuttgart. His articles have appeared in Ethics, Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, and The Philosophical Review. He is the author of From a Rational Point of View: How We Represent Subjective Perspectives in Practical Discourse.

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