Tag: Deontology

Major Works

  • Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

    - Gregor, M. and Timmerman, J.  Trans. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
    Excerpt: Ancient Greek philosophy was divided into three sciences: physics, ethics, and logic. Formal philosophy is called logic. Material philosophy, however, has to do with determinate objects and the laws to which they are subject, is again twofold; for… More

Commentary

  • The Practice of Moral Judgment

    - Herman, Barbara, The Practice of Moral Judgment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. P., 1993.
    From the publisher: “Barbara Herman argues for a radical shift in the way we perceive Kant’s ethics. She convincingly reinterprets the key texts, at once allowing Kant to mean what he says while showing that what Kant says makes good moral sense.… More