Kant and Covid Ethics
... distance, wearing a mask, or restricting the number of people who can occupy a room at the same time. I shall then give the reasons why I do not follow the standard interpretations of how one derives concrete duties from Kant’s main formulation of the Categorical Imperative or the Formula of Humanity. Finally, I shall present the textual evidence that Kant proposes a method like the one we use today during a pandemic, and argue that this alternative interpretation can deal much better with the main objections ...
On a Recent Attempt to Derive Positive Duties from Kant’s Formula of Universal Law
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Wood, A., 1999. Kant’s Ethical Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kant’s ethics, Kantian ethics, Formula of Universal Law, Formula of a Law of Nature, contradiction in willing, positive duties, universalisation tests, Categorical Imperative
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10.5922/0207-6918-2024-1-6
