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  • proper noun philosophy The philosophical system of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and his followers; also called transcendental idealism.

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  • He rejected the codification of ethics into moral theories that views such as Kantianism and (above all) utilitarianism see as essential to philosophical thinking about ethics, arguing that our ethical life is too untidy to be captured by any systematic moral theory.

    Bernard Williams Chappell, Timothy 2006

  • After all, moral theories such as Kantianism, utilitarianism, and common-sense morality require that an agent give weight to the interests of others.

    Egoism Shaver, Robert 2002

  • Ethical awareness Dignity of persons A sort of pop Kantianism which is triggered when it is thought that Assertion of, and acting upon, one's people are used as means and that proper dignity is not respected. values.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Slide 5: Two Valid Moral Positions  The first is "Kantianism"  Kant:

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • "Kantianism" (for more, see Wight together with the criticisms in Bull

    Hugo Grotius Miller, Jon 2005

  • That said, you should check out the resurgence of Kantianism lately.

    Matthew Yglesias » Influential Books 2010

  • There are flavors of Lockeanism and Kantianism that are consequentialists, but not all.

    IPSC: daily double--theory Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • There are flavors of Lockeanism and Kantianism that are consequentialists, but not all.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Deleuze's method of "transcendental deduction" bears on the Kantianism with which scholars of

    Abstracts 2008

  • This analysis would also apply in large part to other systems of thought reasonably close to Christianity- such as Platonism, neo-Platonism, Judaism but not secular Judaism, Islam, or Kantianism.

    In which commentary becomes copy-and-paste 2009

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