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Two centuries after they were published, Kant's ethical writings are as much admired and imitated as they have ever been, yet serious and long-standing accusations of internal incoherence remain unresolved. Onora O'Neill traces the alleged incoherences to attempts to assimilate Kant's ethical writings to modern conceptions of rationality, action and rights. When the temptation to assimilate is resisted, a strikingly different and more cohesive account of reason and morality emerges. Kant offers

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Author
O'Neill, Onora, 1941-
Publisher
Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press
Published
1989
Language
EN
ISBN
9780521388160
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Philosophy, History, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Updated
2026-03-24

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