Thinking for yourself: A more personal and particular approach to Kantian ethics

My aim in writing this dissertation is to develop a version of Kant's universality test that is especially responsive to the particular context of our moral choices. Yet one might fear that if Kantian ethics tries to make room for particularity in our moral judgments, it may also make room for so many exceptions to the principles of morality that it will lead to the sort of moral relativism that can justify anything. The key, then, is to develop a method for applying the universality test that enables us to come to firm conclusions about particular cases without forcing us to generalize those conclusions to contexts where we would have good reasons for judging differently.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• McNair, Theodore Fell

Contributors dc:contributor

• Baron, Marcia W.

• Philosophy

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 McNair, Theodore Fell

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512484
(UMI)AAI9512484

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21960