 | Kant on Absolute Value: A Critical Examination of Certain Key Notions in Kant's 'Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals' and of his Ontology of Personal Value Subjects: Humanities; Philosophy; Introductory Philosophy; Continental Philosophy; History of Philosophy; Modern Philosophy (16th Century-18th Century); Philosophy of Mind; Political Philosophy; The thesis of this book, first published in 1972, is that Kant's notions of 'absolute worth', the 'unconditioned' and 'unconditioned worth' are rationalistic and confused, and that they spoil his ontology of personal value and tend to subvert his splendid idea of the person as an End in himself. Patrick Æ. Hutchings |
