The Realm of Ends

The Realm of Ends
Author: James Ward
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2011-06-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0521235502

Based upon the Gifford Lectures 1907-10, this 1911 volume develops renowned philosopher and psychologist James Ward's beliefs into a complete system.

Means, Ends, and Persons

Means, Ends, and Persons
Author: Robert Audi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190251557

This book is a full-scale account of the morally important ideas of treating persons merely as means and treating them as ends. Audi clarifies these independently of Kant, but with implications for understanding him, and presents a theory of conduct that enhances their usefulness both in ethical theory and in practical ethics.

Creating the Kingdom of Ends

Creating the Kingdom of Ends
Author: Christine M. Korsgaard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1996-07-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521499620

Christine Korsgaard has become one of the leading interpreters of Kant's moral philosophy. She is identified with a small group of philosophers who are intent on producing a version of Kant's moral philosophy that is at once sensitive to its historical roots while revealing its particular relevance to contemporary problems. She rejects the traditional picture of Kant's ethics as a cold vision of the moral life which emphasises duty at the expense of love and value. Rather, Kant's work is seen as providing a resource for addressing not only the metaphysics of morals, but also for tackling practical questions about personal relations, politics, and everyday human interaction. This collection contains some of the finest current work on Kant's ethics and will command the attention of all those involved in teaching and studying moral theory.

The Realm of Reason

The Realm of Reason
Author: Christopher Peacocke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2004
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199270724

The Realm of Reason is a manifesto for a new rationalism in philosophy. Christopher Peacocke develops an original theory of what makes a thinker entitled to form a given belief. The theory is articulated in three principles of rationalism, which together imply that all entitlement has an element that is independent of experience. Peacocke elaborates this rationalism in detail for the classical issues of perceptual knowledge, induction, and the status of moral thought. Hisnew generalized approach to epistemology has applications throughout philosophy, and it will interest all concerned with knowledge, truth, and rationality.

Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends

Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends
Author: Jan-Willem van der Rijt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1000520226

This book advances our understanding of the nature, grounds and limits of human dignity by connecting it with Kant’s notion of an ideal moral community, or "Kingdom of Ends". It features original essays by leading Kant scholars and moral and political philosophers from around the world. Although Kant’s influential injunction to treat humanity as an end in itself and never merely as a means has garnered the most attention among those interested in analyzing human dignity with a Kantian lens, Kant himself places much more emphasis on the Kingdom of Ends as crucial for defining human dignity. The chapters in this collection focus not only on interpretive issues related to the Kingdom of Ends but also on practical applications that have the potential to advance discussions about the nature and foundations of rights, the content of moral principles, the importance of moral ideals and attitudes and the nature of moral motivation. Exploring and connecting the ideas of human dignity and the Kingdom of Ends significantly deepens our moral understanding, advances discussions in moral and political philosophy and enhances our appreciation of Kant’s moral theory. Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends: Kantian Perspectives and Practical Applications will appeal to scholars and advanced students of Kant, moral philosophy, political philosophy, and political theory.

Kant's Ethical Thought

Kant's Ethical Thought
Author: Allen W. Wood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1999-08-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521648363

A major new study of Kant's ethics.