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Kant's theory of action

Richard McCarty

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Acting on maxims
Action
Maxims
The practical syllogism
Intentions
Desires
Will
Choice and wish
Faculty of choice
Imperatives
Reasons for action
Justification and explanation
Incentives
Logical and psychological force
Incorporating incentives
Moral weakness
Causes of desire
Causes of choice
Practical pleasure
Interest
Motivational hedonism
Moral feeling
The classical model
Free choice
Psychological determinism
Affected but not determined
The incorporation thesis
The question just posed
Adopting maxims
Incentive strength
Strength of desire
Types of choice
Choice and explanation
Another look at "Willkür"
Acting in two worlds
Causation in time
Cause and world
Noumenal action
Timeless causation
Personal identity
Metaphysical egoism
Panlibertarianism
Timeless agency
Character from two standpoints
Standpoints
Neutral objects
Justification and explanation revisited
A deterministic account of moral motivation
Causation and character
Empirical and intelligible character
The allegory of the play
"Ought" implies "can"
Moral objections
Moral motivation
Moral incentives
The feeling of respect
Motivating feeling
Phenomenology of respect
Feeling and character
Acting from duty
Choosing motives
Moral worth and virtue
Senses of "virtue"
Ends of virtue
The moral life
Evil nature, good will
Radical evil
"Gesinnung"
Explaining evil
Evil in three degrees
From bad to better
Views on the good will
Good will in Groundwork I
Moral strength
Personality
Good will and virtue
Conclusion : grounds for hope.

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Kant's theory of action by Richard McCarty. ISBN 9780199567720. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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