Humans-Only Norms: An Unexpected Kantian Story
According to official Kantian doctrine, genuine moral norms are “pure” or a priori—viz., nonempirical, and marked by “necessity and strict universality.” And Kant interprets “strict universality” to mean that such norms apply not merely to all human being
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Kant on Morality, Humanity, and Legality
Ansgar Lyssy • Christopher Yeomans Editors
Kant on Morality, Humanity, and Legality Practical Dimensions of Normativity
Editors Ansgar Lyssy Philosophy University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
Christopher Yeomans Philosophy Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-54049-4 ISBN 978-3-030-54050-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54050-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat (1859–1891), oil on canvas, 1884-86 Contributor: IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgments
This volume grew out of an identically titled conference at Purdue University on February 19–21, 2018. We would like to thank the participants of the conference for establishing and then continuing this conversation.
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1 Introduction: Dimensions of Normativity in Kant 1 Ansgar Lyssy and Christopher Yeomans 1.1 I 1 1.2 II 6 1.3 Chapter Summaries 9 1.3.1 Part I: Morality 9 1.3.2 Part II: Humanity 13 1.3.3 Part III: Legality 16 References 18 Part I Morality 19 2 ‘Why be moral?’: How to Take the Question Seriously (and Why) from a Kantian Perspective 21 Katerina Deligiorgi 2.1 Foundation 23 2.2 Source 27 2.3 Ground 31 2.4 Origin 38 References 43
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3 Deceptive Unity and Productive Disunity: Kant’s Account of Situated Moral Selves 45 Lucy Allais 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 The Requirements of Practical Reason and the Requirement
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