Understanding Moral Obligation

Understanding Moral Obligation
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9781139505017
ISBN-13 : 1139505017
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Book Synopsis Understanding Moral Obligation by : Robert Stern

Download or read book Understanding Moral Obligation written by Robert Stern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many histories of modern ethics, Kant is supposed to have ushered in an anti-realist or constructivist turn by holding that unless we ourselves 'author' or lay down moral norms and values for ourselves, our autonomy as agents will be threatened. In this book, Robert Stern challenges the cogency of this 'argument from autonomy', and claims that Kant never subscribed to it. Rather, it is not value realism but the apparent obligatoriness of morality that really poses a challenge to our autonomy: how can this be accounted for without taking away our freedom? The debate the book focuses on therefore concerns whether this obligatoriness should be located in ourselves (Kant), in others (Hegel) or in God (Kierkegaard). Stern traces the historical dialectic that drove the development of these respective theories, and clearly and sympathetically considers their merits and disadvantages; he concludes by arguing that the choice between them remains open.

Freedom and Reason in Kant, Schelling, and Kierkegaard

Freedom and Reason in Kant, Schelling, and Kierkegaard
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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9780199289110
ISBN-13 : 0199289115
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Freedom and Reason in Kant, Schelling, and Kierkegaard by : Michelle Kosch

Download or read book Freedom and Reason in Kant, Schelling, and Kierkegaard written by Michelle Kosch and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces a complex of issues surrounding moral agency from Kant through Schelling to Kierkegaard.

Kierkegaard and Kant

Kierkegaard and Kant
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9781438404738
ISBN-13 : 1438404735
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Book Synopsis Kierkegaard and Kant by : Ronald M. Green

Download or read book Kierkegaard and Kant written by Ronald M. Green and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1992-08-17 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kierkegaard and Kant

Kierkegaard and Kant
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 0791411079
ISBN-13 : 9780791411070
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Book Synopsis Kierkegaard and Kant by : Ronald Michael Green

Download or read book Kierkegaard and Kant written by Ronald Michael Green and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Works of Love

Works of Love
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9780061301223
ISBN-13 : 0061301221
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Book Synopsis Works of Love by : Soren Kierkegaard

Download or read book Works of Love written by Soren Kierkegaard and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1962 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of Soren Kierkegaard's most important writings, Works of Love is a profound examination of the human heart, in which the great philosopher conducts the reader into the inmost secrets of Love. "Deep within every man," Kierkegaard writes, "there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the household of millions upon millions." Love, for Kierkegaard, is one of the central aspects of existence; it saves us from isolation and unites us with one another and with God. This new edition of Works of Love features an original foreword by Kierkegaard scholar George Pattison."

For what May I Hope?

For what May I Hope?
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Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105002337611
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Book Synopsis For what May I Hope? by : Gene Fendt

Download or read book For what May I Hope? written by Gene Fendt and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For What May I Hope? is a dramatic exhibition of the place of hope in Philosophy. It presents hope's centrality in Kant's philosophy and dramatizes its final breakdown. It then shows how hope plays in various characters of Kierkegaard's authorship. The text dramatizes, as well, the hopes of writing - especially philosophical and scientific writing - and plays on the hopes of readers.

Theory and Practice in Kant and Kierkegaard

Theory and Practice in Kant and Kierkegaard
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9783110200904
ISBN-13 : 3110200902
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Book Synopsis Theory and Practice in Kant and Kierkegaard by : Ulrich Knappe

Download or read book Theory and Practice in Kant and Kierkegaard written by Ulrich Knappe and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates crucial aspects of Kant's epistemology and ethics in relation to Kierkegaard's thinking. The challenge is taken up of developing a systematic reconstruction of Kant's and Kierkegaard's position. Kant forms a matrix for the interpretation of Kierkegaard, and considerable space is devoted to the exposition of Kant at those various points at which contact with Kierkegaard's thought is to be demonstrated. The burden of the argument is that Kierkegaard in his account of the stages is much closer to Kant than the texts initially reveal. It is possible, then, to arrive at a proper grasp of Kierkegaard's final position by seeing just how radically the stage of Christian faith (Religiousness B) departs from Kant.