Self-improvement an essay in Kantian ethics

"Is there any moral obligation to improve oneself, to foster and develop various capacities in oneself? From a broadly Kantian point of view, 'Self-Improvement' defends the view that there is such an obligation and that it is an obligation that each person owes to him or herself. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, Robert Neal (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2011
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Self-improvement as an imperfect duty
  • Universalizability and self-improvement
  • Duties to and regarding ourselves
  • Self-respect and self-improvement
  • Kantian convergence arguments and self-improvement
  • On what we cannot improve in others
  • What is an ability?