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Kant's Theory of Action
Buch von Richard McCarty
Sprache: Englisch

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The theory of action underlying Immanuel Kant's ethical theory is the subject of this book. What "maxims" are, and how we act on maxims, are explained here in light of both the historical context of Kant's thought, and his classroom lectures on psychology and ethics. Arguing against the current of much recent scholarship, Richard McCarty makes a strong case for interpreting Kant as having embraced psychological determinism, a version of the "belief-desire model" of human motivation, and a literal, "two-worlds" metaphysics. On this interpretation, actions in the sensible world are always effects of prior psychological causes. Their explaining causal laws are the maxims of agents' characters. And agents act freely if, acting also in an intelligible world, what they do there results in their having the characters they have here, in the sensible world. McCarty additionally shows how this interpretation is fruitful for solving familiar problems perennially plaguing Kant's moral psychology.
The theory of action underlying Immanuel Kant's ethical theory is the subject of this book. What "maxims" are, and how we act on maxims, are explained here in light of both the historical context of Kant's thought, and his classroom lectures on psychology and ethics. Arguing against the current of much recent scholarship, Richard McCarty makes a strong case for interpreting Kant as having embraced psychological determinism, a version of the "belief-desire model" of human motivation, and a literal, "two-worlds" metaphysics. On this interpretation, actions in the sensible world are always effects of prior psychological causes. Their explaining causal laws are the maxims of agents' characters. And agents act freely if, acting also in an intelligible world, what they do there results in their having the characters they have here, in the sensible world. McCarty additionally shows how this interpretation is fruitful for solving familiar problems perennially plaguing Kant's moral psychology.
Über den Autor
Richard McCarty is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University. His research focuses on Kant's practical philosophy, and on related figures in the history of modern philosophy. He is co-editor, with Elizabeth Radcliffe, of Late Modern Philosophy: Essential Readings with Commentary (Blackwell, 2007).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Acknowledgements

  • 1: Acting on Maxims

  • 2: Incentives

  • 3: Free Choice

  • 4: Acting in Two Worlds

  • 5: Character from Two Standpoints

  • 6: Moral Motivation

  • 7: Evil Nature, Good Will

  • Conclusion: Grounds for Hope

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780199567720
ISBN-10: 0199567727
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: McCarty, Richard
Hersteller: Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Richard McCarty
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2009
Gewicht: 0,562 kg
Artikel-ID: 133534465
Über den Autor
Richard McCarty is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University. His research focuses on Kant's practical philosophy, and on related figures in the history of modern philosophy. He is co-editor, with Elizabeth Radcliffe, of Late Modern Philosophy: Essential Readings with Commentary (Blackwell, 2007).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Acknowledgements

  • 1: Acting on Maxims

  • 2: Incentives

  • 3: Free Choice

  • 4: Acting in Two Worlds

  • 5: Character from Two Standpoints

  • 6: Moral Motivation

  • 7: Evil Nature, Good Will

  • Conclusion: Grounds for Hope

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780199567720
ISBN-10: 0199567727
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: McCarty, Richard
Hersteller: Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Richard McCarty
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2009
Gewicht: 0,562 kg
Artikel-ID: 133534465
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