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Understanding moral obligation : Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard

Stern, Robert, 1962-

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\"In many histories of modern ethics, Kant is supposed to have ushered in an anti-realist or constructivist turn by holding that unless we ourselves 'author' or lay down moral norms and values for ourselves, our autonomy as agents will be threatened. In this book, Robert Stern challenges the cogency of this 'argument from autonomy', and claims that Kant never subscribed to it. Rather, it is not value realism but the apparent obligatoriness of morality that really poses a challenge to our autonomy: how can this be accounted for without taking away our freedom? The debate the book focuses on therefore concerns whether this obligatoriness should be located in ourselves (Kant), in others (Hegel) or in God (Kierkegaard). Stern traces the historical dialectic that drove the development of these respective theories, and clearly and sympathetically considers their merits and disadvantages; he concludes by arguing that the choice between them remains open\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. / Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. / Kierkegaard, S²ren, 1813-1855. / Duty. / Responsibility. / PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General.
• ISBN: 9781107012073, 1107012074

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BJ1451.S69 2012	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE