On Schneewind and Kant's Method in Ethics
Contemporary work on Kantian ethics often ascribes to him a "constructivist" rather than a realíst methodology. In this paper I focus on J.B. Schneewind's ímpressive historical work to the effect that such a reading fits in nicely with stressing several significant similarities betwee...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
1996-07-01
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| Series: | Ideas y Valores |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/21824 |
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| Summary: | Contemporary work on Kantian ethics often ascribes to him a "constructivist" rather than a realíst methodology. In this paper I focus on J.B. Schneewind's ímpressive historical work to the effect that such a reading fits in nicely with stressing several significant similarities between Kant and modem British moralists who employed a kind of "skeptical method" in ethics. After displaying the merits of this interpretation, 1 argüe that there are nonetheless significant and defensible differences between Kant himself and his British predecessors and constructivist successors. |
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| ISSN: | 0120-0062 2011-3668 |