Agency and Autonomy in Kant's Moral Philosophy

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[...] only on reading this book did the deeply realist strains of Reath's account of the norms of practical rationality, as something "which agents do not choose" (p. 174), such that "there is no thought that these rules are self-imposed" (p. 176) emerge clearly for me (These strains seem in tension with Rawlsian-Kantian constructivism, although Reath makes progress toward a reconciliation on pp. 150-2 and 198-201.)

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Agency and Autonomy in Kant's Moral Philosophy

REATH, Andrews. Agency and Autonomy in Kant's Moral Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 286 pp. Cloth, $143.00; Paper, $45.00-Andrews Reath is one of the most important post-Rawlsian Kantian moral philosophers and particularly important for his focus on close readings of specific passag...

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