Objective Imperatives: An Exploration of Kant's Moral Philosophy

by Ralph C.S. Walker

Kant held the moral law to be an objective imperative, an entity in its own right. It carries with it prescriptive force, in parallel to other principles of pure reason, like those of logic and mathematics. Objective imperatives therefore do not derive their authority from any other source, such as common consensus or the will of God. In Objective Imperatives, Ralph C. S. Walker seeks to show that this is a highly defensible view: Kant's Categorical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192857061
• ISBN13: 9780192857064
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.2"