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Kant on Ethics for a Complicated Life (GMOM)

So this is the first post in a series on Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals. I’m stealing Chris’s abbrevation for it: GMOM. Phonetically, it’s not a bad way to think about Kant’s Ethics (“Gee Mom, should I tell the truth even to an axe murderer looking for my friend?”). As a bit of [...]

Posted 02 October 2007 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

More on benevolent lies

In my last post about benevolent lies, I suggested that it can’t really be ignorance about a person’s values that makes benevolent lies an offense against their autonomy (this seems to be Thomas Hill’s position’s last resort) because there will be people in close relationships who do not possess this ignorance. Thus, ignorance would not [...]

Posted 21 September 2007 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

Autonomy and Benevolent Lies

I was reading Thomas Hill’s article, “Autonomy and Benevolent Lies” the other night because a) the subject has always perplexed me, b) it’s Kantian in spirit, and c) his whole book Autonomy and Self-Respect looks like it will be very useful in my Shakespeare and Moral Philosophy course in London. At issue are lies of [...]

Posted 19 September 2007 Adam § , , § Comments (3)

Moral Literacy

A review of Barbara Herman’s new book, Moral Literacy is up at the Notre Dame Philosophy Reviews. The review says that she is arguing for a Kantian Virtue Theory, which means it is required reading for me and of interest to others who read this blog. I’m not vouching for the review here because of [...]

Posted 11 September 2007 Adam § , , , , , § Comments (0)