Kant's Human Being: Essays on His Theory of Human Nature (USED)

Description: Product Description : Kant's Human Being: Essays on His Theory of Human Nature In Kants Human Being Robert B Louden continues and deepens avenues of research first initiated in his highly acclaimed book Kants Impure Ethics Drawing on a wide variety of both published and unpublished works spanning all periods of Kants extensive writing career Louden here focuses on Kants underappreciated empirical work on human nature with particular attention to the connections between this body of work and his muchdiscussed ethical theory Kant repeatedly claimed that the question What is the human being is philosophys most fundamental question one that encompasses all others Louden analyzes and evaluates Kants own answer to his question showing how it differs from other accounts of human natureThis collection of twelve essays is divided into three parts In Part One Human Virtues Louden explores the nature and role of virtue in Kants ethical theory showing how the conception of human nature behind Kants virtue theory results in a virtue ethics that is decidedly different from more familiar Aristotelian virtue ethics programs In Part Two Ethics and Anthropology he uncovers the dominant moral message in Kants anthropological investigations drawing new connections between Kants work on human nature and his ethics Finally in Part Three Extensions of Anthropology Louden explores specific aspects of Kants theory of human nature developed outside of his anthropology lectures in his works on religion geography education and aesthetics and shows how these writings substantially amplify his account of human beingsKants Human Being offers a detailed and multifaceted investigation of the question that Kant held to be the most important of all and will be of interest not only to philosophers but also to all who are concerned with the study of human nature( it is an used product )

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