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The Great Philosophers:Kant, 9781474616799
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Moral absolutes offer certainty amidst doubt, Kant provides the answer.

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    64 pages

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    11 January 2021

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Summary

The Moral Compass: Kant’s Enduring Relevance

In today’s increasingly fractured world of oppression and uncertainty, Kant’s moral philosophy is more important than ever before. Never has the need for moral absolutes been more pressing than in this age of doubt, disillusion and cynicism.

This is where Kant comes in, as his moral philosophy continues to compel the attention of every serious thinker in the field. Clear, concise and overwhelmingly convincing, Ralph Walker’s stimu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781474616799
ISBN-10:1474616798
Series:GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
Author:Ralph Walker
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:64
Release Date:11 January 2021
Weight:51g
Dimensions:174mm x 110mm x 16mm
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The books should improve the cultural circulation of philosophy by their style as well as their substance

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About The Author

Ralph Walker

Ralph Charles Sutherland Walker is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. An expert on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, he was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, before entering academia as a fellow at Merton College in 1968. He moved to Magdalen in 1972 (where, for many years, he was Wine Steward), where he has worked ever since. Apart from focusing on Kant, Walker has also made contributions to the Coherence Theory of Truth, and his books have been translated into numerous languages.

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