The Autonomy of Morality and the Morality of Autonomy
Abstract This review article is a discussion of Charles Larmore's book The Autonomy of Morality. After presenting an outline of Larmore's position, it focuses on three critical issues: whether Larmore is right to see Kant as an anti-realist; whether he deals adequately with the threat to a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2009
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Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2009, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 395-415 |
| Further subjects: | B
MORAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
B KORSGAARD B Autonomy B MORAL REALISM B LARMORE B Kant |
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| Summary: | Abstract This review article is a discussion of Charles Larmore's book The Autonomy of Morality. After presenting an outline of Larmore's position, it focuses on three critical issues: whether Larmore is right to see Kant as an anti-realist; whether he deals adequately with the threat to autonomy posed by the apparent obligatoriness of morality; and whether he establishes that the constructivist idea of practical reason as self-legislating must really be as unconstrained and empty as he suggests. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5243 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/174552409X433445 |