The form of practical knowledge : a study of the categorical imperative /

The form of practical knowledge : a study of the categorical imperative /

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Author / Creator:Engstrom, Stephen P. (Stephen Philip), 1955- author.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages)
Language:English
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Kant, Immanuel, -- 1724-1804.
Kant, Immanuel, -- 1724-1804.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226945
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ISBN:9780674053793
0674053796
9780674032873
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Summary:Immanuel Kant's claim that the categorical imperative of morality is based in practical reason has long been a source of puzzlement and doubt, even for sympathetic interpreters. In The Form of Practical Knowledge, Stephen Engstrom provides an illuminating new interpretation of the categorical imperative, arguing that we have exaggerated and misconceived Kant's break with tradition. By developing an account of practical knowledge that situates Kant's ethics within his broader epistemology, Engstrom's work deepens and reshapes our understanding of Kantian ethics.
Other form:Print version: Engstrom, Stephen P. (Stephen Philip), 1955- Form of practical knowledge. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009 9780674032873
Standard no.:10.4159/9780674053793
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Note on Citations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Willing as Practical Knowing
  • The Will and Practical Judgment
  • Fundamental Practical Judgments: The Wish for Happiness
  • Part II. From Presuppositions of Judgment to the Idea of a Categorical Imperative
  • The Formal Presuppositions of Practical Judgment
  • Constraints on Willing
  • Part III. Interpretation
  • The Categorical Imperative
  • Applications
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Index

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