Moral Literacy

by Barbara Herman

Book Overview

A distinguished moral philosopher and a leading interpreter of Kant's ethics, Barbara Herman draws on Kant to address timeless issues in ethical theory as well as ones arising from current moral problems, such as obligations to distant need, the history of slavery as it bears on affirmative action, and the moral costs of reparative justice.

Challenging various Kantian orthodoxies, Herman offers a view of moral competency as a complex achievement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674030524
• ISBN13: 9780674030527
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"