Kant, Ought Implies Can, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, and Happiness

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Throughout his corpus, Kant repeatedly and resolutely denies that there is a duty to promote one’s own happiness, and most present-day Kantians seem to agree with him. In Kant, Ought Implies Can, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, and Happiness, Samuel Kahn argues that this denial rests on two main ideas: (1) a conception of duty that makes the principle of ought implies can (OIC) and the principle of alternate possibilities (PAP) analytic, and (2) the claim that humans necessarily promote their own happiness. This book defends OIC and PAP but nonetheless attacks the second idea, and it supplements this attack with two additional arguments—an interpersonal one and an intrapersonal one—for the claim that a modern day Kantian ethics should affirm a duty to promote one’s own happiness.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-31
Mått165 x 231 x 26 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498519618

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IntroductionPart One. Ought implies can in Kantian ethicsChapter 1. Terminology and ExegesisSection 1. Terminology Section 2. ExegesisChapter 2. Arguments in Favor of OICSection 1. Kant’s argument for OICSection 2. The argument from explanationSection 3. The fairness argumentSection 4. The prescriptivist argumentSection 5. The argument from deontic logicChapter 3. Objections to OICSection 1. The appeal to alternate traditionsSection 2. The epistemic argumentSection 3. The ordinary language objectionSection 4. The appeal to culpable inabilitySection 5. The argument from past obligationsSection 6. The argument from simplicitySection 7. The argument from excusesSection 8. The appeal to Hume’s principleSection 9. The argument from reasonsSection 10. The moral satisfaction objectionSection 11. The appeal to obligations from nowhereSection 12. The argument from interdependenceSection 13. The argument from epistemic oughtsSection 14. The argument

Samuel Kahn’s book is a wide-ranging and provocative discussion of important issues in normative ethics, metaethics and moral psychology. It contains thoughtful and cogent discussions not only of Kant and the Kant literature, but also of contemporary treatments of the moral ought, responsibility and the place of happiness among human ends. Kahn provides an engaging introduction to all these themes.