Acting on Principle An Essay on Kantian Ethics
- Londan Columbia University Press 1975
- 149p
includes index and biblioraphy
One, Principles of Action 1 1. Formality and Fertility, 1 2. Moral Principles and Morally Acceptable Principles, 2 3. The Structure of Practical Principles, 4 Two. The Problem of Relevant Act Descriptions 12 1. Principles and Acts, 12 2. Two Recent Universality Tests, 14 Three. A Solution to the Problem of Relevant Descriptions 32 1. Maxims, Ends, and Intentions, 34 Four. Ethical Categories 43 1. Duties of Justice, 44 2. Duties of Virtue, 51 3. Conclusions, 57 Five. Applying the Categorical Imperative 59 1. Contradiction in Conception, 63 2. Contradiction in the Will, 82 Six. An Assessment of Kanfs Ethical Theory 94 1. Kant and Supererogation, 94 2. The Right and the Good in Kant`s Ethical Theory, 97 3. Obligation and Moral Worth, 101 4. Kant`s Theory of Right Action, 112 5. Kant`s Theory of Morally Worthy Action, 117 Seven. Right Decisions and Assessments of Right 1. Contexts of Action and Contexts of Assessmei 2. Conflicting Grounds of Obligation, 132 3. Assessments of Right, 137