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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| 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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| spelling | doaj-art-8c4b93e45d0147bab09bbc2c1b761a622025-08-20T03:09:04ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIdeas y Valores0120-00622011-36681996-07-0145102On Schneewind and Kant's Method in EthicsKarl Ameriks0University of Notre DameContemporary 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.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/21824 |
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