Kant and applied ethics : the uses and limits of Kant's practical philosophy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Altman, Matthew C.
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Θέματα: Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804.; Applied ethics.; Ethical problems.; Electronic books.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Front Matter
• Introduction: Why Kant Now
• Applying Kant's Ethics. Part Introduction
• Animal Suffering and Moral Character
• Kant's Strategic Importance for Environmental Ethics
• Moral and Legal Arguments for Universal Health Care
• The Scope of Patient Autonomy
• Kantian Arguments against Kant's Conclusions. Part Introduction
• Subjecting Ourselves to Capital Punishment
• Same-Sex Marriage as a Means to Mutual Respect
• Limitations of Kant's Theory. Part Introduction
• Consent, Mail-Order Brides, and the Marriage Contract
• Individual Maxims and Social Justice
• The Decomposition of the Corporate Body
• Becoming a Person
• Conclusion: Emerging from Kant's Long Shadow
• Bibliography
• Index.
• Animal suffering and moral character
• Kant's strategic importance for environmental ethics
• Moral and legal arguments for universal health care
• The scope of patient autonomy
• Subjecting ourselves to capital punishment
• Same-sex marriage as a means to mutual respect
• Consent, mail-order brides, and the marriage contract
• Individual maxims and social justice
• The decomposition of the corporate body
• On becoming a person
• Conclusion: emerging from Kant's long shadow.