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 ...
Naturalising Kant
The third formulation of the Categorical Imperative rarely receives the attention devoted to its predecessors. This paper aims to develop a naturalistic approach to morality inspired by Kant’s conception of moral agents as legislating in a Kingdom of Ends. Positions derived from the third ...
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
Kahn S.
128-148
10.5922/0207-6918-2024-1-6
