Kantian Ethics and Environmental Philosophy : Pursuing the Good in an Age of Crisis (Cycles)

Heneghan, Fiacha D.

Edinburgh University Press（2026/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 168 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781399531542
• DDC分類 193

Full Description

Human beings have desires and obligations. A Kantian framework reveals the morally significant conflict between these two. In the context of looming environmental crises of our own making, we may be forced in many respects to choose between environmental obligations and the pursuit of our well-being. Kantian Ethics and Environmental Philosophy begins by examining a tendency in philosophical thought as old as the Ancient Greeks: the temptation to minimize or even theorize away such conflicts. By contrast, this book argues that acknowledging the reality of the choices ahead is a necessary first step to forming a coherent and rational hope for a better world.

Contents

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Introduction: Conscience, the Good and Philosophical Consolations

1. Optimism, Epicureanism and the Lisbon Earthquake

2. Kant's Commonsense Critique of Stoic and Epicurean Ethics

3. The Problem of the Highest good

4. Radical Hope

Conclusion: The Limits of Hopeful Pessimism

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