The Nature and Uniqueness of Material Value-Ethics Clarified

Although material value-ethics was introduced into philosophy at least a century ago, confusion still persists as to what it implies. This article offers some clarification. It states how material value-ethics stands opposed to formalistic ethics, commonly – though perhaps wrongly – attributed to Ka...

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Main Author: Vohánka, Vlastimil (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2017]
In: Ethical perspectives
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-258
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Value ethics / Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 / Formalism (Ethics) / Consequentialism
RelBib Classification:NCA Ethics
VA Philosophy
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:Although material value-ethics was introduced into philosophy at least a century ago, confusion still persists as to what it implies. This article offers some clarification. It states how material value-ethics stands opposed to formalistic ethics, commonly – though perhaps wrongly – attributed to Kant. The resulting analysis allows us to establish a combination of features that give material value-ethics an advantage over deontological, consequentialist and other perspectives, regardless of the hermeneutics issue.
ISSN:1370-0049
Contains:Enthalten in: Ethical perspectives
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/EP.24.2.3218003