Kant and the Cultivation of Virtue

Chris W. Surprenant (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

138 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-20895-7 (ISBN)

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In this book, Chris W. Surprenant puts forward an original position concerning Kant’s practical philosophy and the intersection between his moral and political philosophy. Although Kant provides a detailed account of the nature of morality, the nature of human virtue, and how right manifests itself in civil society, he does not explain fully how individuals are able to become virtuous. This book aims to resolve this problem by showing how an individual is able to cultivate virtue, the aim of Kant’s practical philosophy. Through an examination of Kant’s accounts of autonomy, the state, and religion, and their effects on the cultivation of virtue, Surprenant develops a Kantian framework for moral education, and ultimately raises the question of whether or not Kantian virtue is possible in practice.

Chris W. Surprenant is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Orleans, US where he directs the Alexis de Tocqueville Project in Law, Liberty, and Morality. He is the co-editor of Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary.

1. The Project of Kant’s Practical Philosophy 2. Freedom and Civil Society 3. Autonomy, Coercion, and the Moral Law 4. Moral Education and the Cultivation of Virtue 5. Making Moral Decisions

Erscheinungsdatum	21.12.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	204 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
ISBN-10	1-138-20895-7 / 1138208957
ISBN-13	978-1-138-20895-7 / 9781138208957
Zustand	Neuware