GUYER, PAUL. Kant on the Rationality of Morality (Cambridge University Press, 2019, 73p.)

I discuss Paul Guyer’s contribution to the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant series. The author argues that Kant derives the fundamental principle and the object of morality from the fundamental principles of reason (the law of noncontradiction, of excluded middle and the principle...

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Author: Carvalho, Vinicius
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repository:Manuscrito (Online)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8661017
Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8661017
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Kant
Moral philosophy
Categorical imperative
Moral constructivism
Filosofia Moral
Imperativo categórico
Constructivismo moral
Filosofia moral
Construtivismo moral
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Summary:I discuss Paul Guyer’s contribution to the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant series. The author argues that Kant derives the fundamental principle and the object of morality from the fundamental principles of reason (the law of noncontradiction, of excluded middle and the principle of sufficient reason). I provide an overview of its chapters and discuss some of its main interpretative claims.