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Supererogation And Overdetermination In Kant's Ethics: Analysis And Interpretation At Their Best In Baron, Nelson T. Potter Jr.

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

Marcia Baron's book tackles two very difficult issues, both centered on criticisms of the Kantian conception of duty. The solutions to her chosen questions lie rather deeply hidden, and the procedures by which Baron digs deep to find solutions are exemplary in their presentation of careful interpretation of texts by Kant, of writers on Kant, and of conceptual analysis and criticism. This book is not like a commentary, which would consider a broader range of questions and issues; it is rather a narrower, closer analysis of a few more specific issues. These few narrow issues have broad ramifications for our …

Comments On Hill: “Punishment, Conscience, And Moral Worth”, Nelson T. Potter Jr.

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

This is an interesting paper to me, among other reasons, because it deals with both halves of Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals; that fact alone also makes it somewhat unusual. It proposes in particular that there is a kind of analogy between conscience as an inner voice of morality and punishment as a provider of incentives against antisocial actions through punishment as deterrence.

As Hill points out, there has been quite a lot of discussion of Kant’s views on punishment, but not much about his views of conscience. Nevertheless, there remain scholarly puzzles about Kant’s views on punishment, and there …

Being And God In Aristotle And Heidegger: The Role Of Method In Thinking The Infinite, Catriona Hanley

Dissertations

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Postmodern Philosophy And Legal Thought, Douglas E. Litowitz

Dissertations

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The Complementarity Of Dogmatism And Criticism And Its Function Within Tradition And Revolution: A Debate Between Kuhn, Popper, Gadamer, And Blumenberg, Mark Tazelaar

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Bringing Death To Life: Transpersonal Care Of The Dying, Margaret Coberly

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Send In The Clowns: The Death Of A Child, Richard Booth

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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A Terrible Beauty: A Movie Masterpiece About Transcending Violent Death, John Wren-Lewis

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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The Tao Of Photography: The Chuang-Tzu, Unconstricted Awareness, And Conscious Camerawork, Philippe L. Gross, S. I. Shapiro

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Existential Loneliness: The Other Side Of The Void, Richard Booth

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Living Our Dying: A Way To The Sacred In Everyday Life, By Joseph Sharp, Amanda Kautz

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Grace And Grit: Spirituality And Healing In The Life And Death Of Treya Killam Wilber, By Ken Wilber, John Wren-Lewis

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Summer In Verdun/Telefone Call, Walter Holbling

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Similar To A Plateau Experience, William F. Kautz, Amanda Kautz

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Origami, Rebecca Lee

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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