TY  - BOOK
AU  - Altman,Matthew C.
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Kant and applied ethics: the uses and limits of Kant's practical philosophy 
SN  - 9781118114162
AV  - B2799.E8 A47 2012
U1  - 170.92 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Kant, Immanuel,
KW  - Applied ethics
KW  - Ethical problems
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Introduction: Why Kant Now -- Applying Kant's Ethics. Part Introduction -- Animal Suffering and Moral Character -- Kant's Strategic Importance for Environmental Ethics -- Moral and Legal Arguments for Universal Health Care -- The Scope of Patient Autonomy -- Kantian Arguments against Kant's Conclusions. Part Introduction -- Subjecting Ourselves to Capital Punishment -- Same-Sex Marriage as a Means to Mutual Respect -- Limitations of Kant's Theory. Part Introduction -- Consent, Mail-Order Brides, and the Marriage Contract -- Individual Maxims and Social Justice -- The Decomposition of the Corporate Body -- Becoming a Person -- Conclusion: Emerging from Kant's Long Shadow -- Bibliography -- Index; Animal suffering and moral character -- Kant's strategic importance for environmental ethics -- Moral and legal arguments for universal health care -- The scope of patient autonomy -- Subjecting ourselves to capital punishment -- Same-sex marriage as a means to mutual respect -- Consent, mail-order brides, and the marriage contract -- Individual maxims and social justice -- The decomposition of the corporate body -- On becoming a person -- Conclusion: emerging from Kant's long shadow; License restrictions may limit access; Electronic reproduction; Hoboken, N.J.; Wiley InterScience; 2011; Mode of access: World Wide Web; System requirements: Web browser; Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 2, 2011); Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118114162
ER  -