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Nyholm, Sven ORCID: 0000-0002-3836-5932 (2016). On Kant's Idea of Humanity as an End in Itself. Eur. J. Philos., 24 (2). S. 358 - 375. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1468-0378

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Abstract

Writers like Christine Korsgaard and Allen Wood understand Kant's idea of rational nature as an end in itself as a commitment to a substantive value. This makes it hard for them to explain the supposed equivalence between the universal law and humanity formulations of the categorical imperative, since the former does not appear to assert any substantive value. Nor is it easy for defenders of value-based readings to explain Kant's claim that the law-giving nature of practical reason makes all beings with practical reason regard the idea of a rational nature as an end in itself. This article seeks to replace these value-based readings with a reading of the idea of rational nature as an end that fits better with the overall argument of the Groundwork.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nyholm, Sven UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-5932 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-272676
DOI:	10.1111/ejop.12057
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. J. Philos.
Volume:	24
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 358 - 375
Date:	2016
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1468-0378
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FORMULA Multiple languages Philosophy Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27267