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020			_a9781316615225
082			_a170.92 CHO-M
100			_aCholbi, Michael
245			_aUnderstanding Kant's ethics / _cMichael Cholbi
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2016
300			_a235 p.
365			_aGBP _b18.99
500			_aKant's ethical thought remains one of the most influential, yet notoriously challenging, systems in the history of philosophy. This volume provides a sympathetic but critical reconstruction of the main strands of Kant's ethics, focusing on the most commonly read of Kant's ethical works, the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Part I outlines Kant's arguments in defense of his Categorical Imperative, as well as elaborating Kant's understanding of dignity and human freedom. Part II addresses the most common objections to Kant's ethics, including challenges to the Formula of Universal Law; Kant's controversial ethical stances on suicide, sex and marriage, and non-human animals; and the place of reason, sentiment, and happiness in Kant's ethics. For scholars and specialists alike, the volume offers a clear and accessible account of what Kantian morality both offers us and asks of us.
650			_aEthics
650			_aKant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
999			_c31091 _d31091