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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Main Author: Karl Ameriks
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1996-07-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/21824
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description 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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