Kant and Applied Ethics

In Kant and Applied Ethics, Matthew C. Altman takes a comprehensive look at Kant's moral philosophy as it relates to the most consequential ethical discussions of our time, including same-sex marriage, corporate responsibility, physician-assisted suicide, health-care allocation, and abortion. This book explains how, by coming to grips with Kant's legacy, we can begin to work through these debates more productively.

Altman addresses both the strengths and weaknesses of Kant's ethics, demonstrating the value of his approach for making informed judgments -- Kant's emphasis on freedom, dignity, and mutual respect is particularly compelling -- while identifying the ways in which Kantian presuppositions lead us astray or restrict our vision.

Kant and Applied Ethics not only makes a significant contribution to Kant scholarship, but also illuminates the moral parameters of some of our thorniest social and political controversies.