Kant's ethics : a critical exposition

Noah Porter

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SOPH1C/ OFFROM-THE LIBRARY TRJNITYCOLLEGETORDNTO ~S& " (& fo^ KANT S ETHICS A CRITICAL EXPOSITION. 15 Y XOAH PORTKR, I KKMIDEST OF YALE COI.I.EOK. CHICAGO: S. C. GKIGGS AND COMPANY 1886. /Vv 1886.COPYRIGHT, BY S. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY I l <I 1 3 1984 IS IXSCKTRKDTHIS VoLTMK PKKSIDENT MARK HOPKINS, D.D., LL.D., IN UUATKFl I. UK( (MJMTION OF HIS KMINKNT SERVICES TO AL SC^ETIIK. FENCE, CHRISTIAN KDL CATION. PREFACE. beennow to the haspublicessay given TUP] writtenfor several but wasmonths,promised thefor the most as a vacation exercise duringpart s oflast summer. Its theme is Kant Ethics,Tlu>ory with his so far asas contrasted practical teachings, the former For this reais distinctive of his school. son it is with the two treatises inconcernedchieHy which this viz.:is andtheory explained defended, zur der Sitten, 17sr>;firundlegung Metaphysik Kritik der Praktischen 178S.Vernunft, As its title this treatise is bothimports, expository and critical. In Kant s ethical toexpounding theory the writer has it best toreaders,English thought state this in Kant s own lantheory very largely with such comments as beguage, might required to make it Me has done this for twointelligible. reasons, that he be to Kant himmight entirely just inself, and that he aid the studentmight unpractised thethe somewhat task ofdiscouraging interpreting he has(Jerman For both these reasonsphilosopher. vni PREFACE.

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• Langue: English
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SOPH1C/OFFROM-THE LIBRARY
TRJNITYCOLLEGETORDNTO
~S&
"
(&
fo^KANT S ETHICS
A CRITICAL EXPOSITION.
15 Y XOAH PORTKR,
I KKMIDEST OF YALE COI.I.EOK.
CHICAGO:
S. C. GKIGGS AND COMPANY
1886./Vv
1886.COPYRIGHT,
BY S. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY
I l
<I
1 3 1984IS IXSCKTRKDTHIS VoLTMK
PKKSIDENT MARK HOPKINS, D.D., LL.D.,
IN UUATKFl I. UK( (MJMTION OF HIS KMINKNT SERVICES TO
AL SC^ETIIK. FENCE,
CHRISTIAN KDL CATION.PREFACE.
beennow to the haspublicessay given
TUP] writtenfor several but wasmonths,promised
thefor the most as a vacation exercise duringpart
s oflast summer. Its theme is Kant Ethics,Tlu>ory
with his so far asas contrasted practical teachings,
the former For this reais distinctive of his school.
son it is with the two treatises inconcernedchieHy
which this viz.:is andtheory explained defended,
zur der Sitten, 17sr>;firundlegung Metaphysik
Kritik der Praktischen 178S.Vernunft,
As its title this treatise is bothimports, expository
and critical. In Kant s ethical toexpounding theory
the writer has it best toreaders,English thought
state this in Kant s own lantheory very largely
with such comments as beguage, might required
to make it Me has done this for twointelligible.
reasons, that he be to Kant himmight entirely just
inself, and that he aid the studentmight unpractised
thethe somewhat task ofdiscouraging interpreting
he has(Jerman For both these reasonsphilosopher.vni PREFACE.
often retained Kant s andpeculiar frequently highly
technical in order merethat,phraseology by repe
tition, it become familiar, while he hasmight yet
to its in current thatsought give meaning English,
the student in themight acquire facility interpreting
Kantian dialect its He doesby English equivalents.
not assert that in case he has been successful inevery
the last-named The text, whichattempt. English
he has used, is that of theinvariably generally ap
translation of Professor ofAbbott,proved Trinity
Dublin.*College,
The critical remarks of the author are usually
as a the text withgiven running commentary upon
the of in which the{5$ 21-:W,important exception
covers 2 1-2(5 and the criticism 27-:>o.exposition J?i; gg
These comments some with ethsuppose familiarity
ical and the criticisms andtheories, schools to which
have the writer hasrise, scruthey given although
avoided all and refpulously personal partisan
and endeavored to confineerences, himself to his
functions as the and critic ofappropriate expounder
his author.
Besides the and critical matter thusexpository
* Kant s of Practical ReasonCritique and other works on the
of Ethics. Translated Thomas Abbott. M.Theory by Kingsmill A.,
etc. London: Longmans. Green <fc 1879.Co.,PREFACE. ix
described the reader will Hud a brief introgeneral
duction, with a or condensedtogether summary
review of the distinctive taken Kantpositions by
the most as withupon important topics compared
those of other writers, andprincipally English
some brief strictures Kant ;r fewbv Mermanupon
critics.
The of this has thecost writerpreparation essay
some but the laborlabor, has its ownbrought
reward. He trusts that the result will be useful as
an aid to those students who are interested in the
of ethical theories, and who thestudy appreciate
of such theories at thepractical significance present
time.
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