Immanuel Kant and Utilitarian Ethics

Adopting a view of utilitarian ethics in which motivation in the public interest takes on greater weight than is generally appreciated, this book explores the extent to which the philosophy of Immanuel Kant is consistent with this nuanced version of utilitarianism.

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Samuel Hollander is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, Canada, and an Officer in the Order of Canada.

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INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF WORK ONE. KANT ON VIRTUE TWO. KANT'S KÖNIGSBERG LECTURES ON ETHICS THREE. KANT'S KÖNIGSBERG LECTURES ON ANTHROPOLOGY FOUR. KANT IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY (UTILITARIAN) CONTEXT FIVE. KANT AND SOME LATER INTELLECTUAL RELATIONS SIX. MICHEL de MONTAIGNE (1533-1592): AN EARLY PRECURSOR OF KANT? SEVEN. KANT AND UTILITARIAN ETHICS. A GENERAL OVERVIEW