Kant and Aristotle
Title | Kant and Aristotle PDF eBook |
Author | Marco Sgarbi |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2016-04-22 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1438459971 |
A historical and philosophical reassessment of the impact of Aristotle and early-modern Aristotelianism on the development of Kants transcendental philosophy. Kant and Aristotle reassesses the prevailing understanding of Kant as an anti-Aristotelian philosopher. Taking epistemology, logic, and methodology to be the key disciplines through which Kants transcendental philosophy stood as an independent form of philosophy, Marco Sgarbi shows that Kant drew important elements of his logic and metaphysical doctrines from Aristotelian ideas that were absent in other philosophical traditions, such as the distinction of matter and form of knowledge, the division of transcendental logic into analytic and dialectic, the theory of categories and schema, and the methodological issues of the architectonic. Drawing from unpublished documents including lectures, catalogues, academic programs, and the Aristotelian-Scholastic handbooks that were officially adopted at Königsberg University where Kant taught, Sgarbi further demonstrates the historical and philosophical importance of Aristotle and Aristotelianism to these disciplines from the late sixteenth century to the first half of the eighteenth century.
Aristotle, Kant, and the Stoics
Title | Aristotle, Kant, and the Stoics PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Engstrom |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780521624978 |
This major collection of essays offers the first serious challenge to the traditional view that ancient and modern ethics are fundamentally opposed. In doing so it has important implications for contemporary ethical thought, as well as providing a significant reassessment of the work of Aristotle, Kant and the Stoics. The contributors include internationally recognised interpreters of ancient and modern ethics.
The Highest Good in Aristotle and Kant
Title | The Highest Good in Aristotle and Kant PDF eBook |
Author | Joachim Aufderheide |
Publisher | Mind Association Occasional |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0198714017 |
The notion of the highest good used to occupy a primary role in ethical theorising, but has largely disappeared from the contemporary landscape. The notion was central to both Aristotle's and Kant's ethical theories, however--a surprising observation given that their approaches to ethics are commonly conceived as being diametrically opposed. The essays in this collection provide a comprehensive treatment of the highest good in Aristotle and Kant and show that, even though there are important differences in terms of content, there are also important similarities in terms of the structural features of Aristotle's and Kant's value theories. By carefully analysing Aristotle's and Kant's theories of the highest good, a team of experts in the field shed light on their respective ethical theories and highlight the richness, complexity, and fruitfulness of the notion of the highest good.
Making a Necessity of Virtue
Title | Making a Necessity of Virtue PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Sherman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1997-01-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780521564878 |
A detailed analysis of Aristotelian and Kantian ethics together, remaining faithful to the texts and responsive to contemporary debates.
The Highest Good in Aristotle and Kant
Title | The Highest Good in Aristotle and Kant PDF eBook |
Author | Joachim Aufderheide |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2015-05-14 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0191054593 |
The notion of the highest good used to occupy a primary role in ethical theorising, but has largely disappeared from the contemporary landscape. The notion was central to both Aristotle's and Kant's ethical theories, however—a surprising observation given that their approaches to ethics are commonly conceived as being diametrically opposed. The essays in this collection provide a comprehensive treatment of the highest good in Aristotle and Kant and show that, even though there are important differences in terms of content, there are also important similarities in terms of the structural features of Aristotle's and Kant's value theories. By carefully analysing Aristotle's and Kant's theories of the highest good, a team of experts in the field shed light on their respective ethical theories and highlight the richness, complexity, and fruitfulness of the notion of the highest good.
Kant's Theory of Virtue
Title | Kant's Theory of Virtue PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Margaret Baxley |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 207 |
Release | 2010-11-11 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1139493167 |
Anne Margaret Baxley offers a systematic interpretation of Kant's theory of virtue, whose most distinctive features have not been properly understood. She explores the rich moral psychology in Kant's later and less widely read works on ethics, and argues that the key to understanding his account of virtue is the concept of autocracy, a form of moral self-government in which reason rules over sensibility. Although certain aspects of Kant's theory bear comparison to more familiar Aristotelian claims about virtue, Baxley contends that its most important aspects combine to produce something different - a distinctively modern, egalitarian conception of virtue which is an important and overlooked alternative to the more traditional Greek views which have dominated contemporary virtue ethics.
Force and Freedom
Title | Force and Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Ripstein |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2010-02-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0674054512 |
In this masterful work, both an illumination of Kant’s thought and an important contribution to contemporary legal and political theory, Arthur Ripstein gives a comprehensive yet accessible account of Kant’s political philosophy. Ripstein shows that Kant’s thought is organized around two central claims: first, that legal institutions are not simply responses to human limitations or circumstances; indeed the requirements of justice can be articulated without recourse to views about human inclinations and vulnerabilities. Second, Kant argues for a distinctive moral principle, which restricts the legitimate use of force to the creation of a system of equal freedom. Ripstein’s description of the unity and philosophical plausibility of this dimension of Kant’s thought will be a revelation to political and legal scholars. In addition to providing a clear and coherent statement of the most misunderstood of Kant’s ideas, Ripstein also shows that Kant’s views remain conceptually powerful and morally appealing today. Ripstein defends the idea of equal freedom by examining several substantive areas of law—private rights, constitutional law, police powers, and punishment—and by demonstrating the compelling advantages of the Kantian framework over competing approaches.