Kant's Impure Ethics

This is the first book-length study in any language to examine in detail and critically assess the second part of Kant''s ethics--an empirical impure part which determines how best to apply pure principles to the human situation. Drawing attention to Kant''s under-explored impure ethics this revealing investigation refutes the common and long-standing misperception that Kant''s ethics advocates empty formalism. Making detailed use of a variety of Kantian texts never before translated into English author Robert B. Louden reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of Kantian ethics as a whole once the second part is re-admitted to its rightful place within Kant''s practical philosophy.