The Ideal Of The Practical
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The Reality of the Ideal
Author: Alexander T. Englert
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2025
Immanuel Kant is perhaps most famous in ethics for his idea of the moral law, or "categorical imperative." But the moral law is just part of the story. As we are moved by the moral law, so too are we moved to think of a possible world in which this law has complete control. The resulting image of an ideal world, Kant calls, the "highest good." But why is this ideal important for everyday life? In The Reality of the Ideal, Englert breaks new ground by arguing that its primary importance is to aid us in contemplation and the construction of a worldview.
Karl Jaspers
This book sets out a new reading of the much-neglected philosophy of Karl Jaspers. By questioning the common perception of Jaspers either as a proponent of irrationalist cultural philosophy or as an early, peripheral disciple of Martin Heidegger, it re-establishes him as a central figure in modern European philosophy. Giving particular consideration to his position in epistemological, metaphysical and political debate, the author argues that Jaspers's work deserves renewed consideration in a number of important discussions, particularly in hermeneutics, anthropological reflections on religion, the critique of idealism, and debates on the end of metaphysics.
Rethinking the Good
Author: Larry S. Temkin
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2014-12-04
In choosing between moral alternatives -- choosing between various forms of ethical action -- we typically make calculations of the following kind, using the principle of transitivity: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. Larry Temkin shows is that if we want to continue making plausible judgments, we cannot continue to make these assumptions.