On the old saw : that may be right in theory but it won't work in practice / Immanuel Kant ; translated by E.B. Ashton ; introduction by George Miller.

Kant replies to the claim that there is conflict between what moral theory demands and what we can do in practice.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Format:	eBook
Language:	English German
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1974.
Series:	Works of continental philosophy
Subjects:	Theory (Philosophy) Practice (Philosophy) Ethics. Law > Philosophy. theory. ethics (philosophy) PHILOSOPHY > Political. Ethics Law > Philosophy
Online Access:	Click for online access
Uniform Title:	Über den Gemeinspruch: Das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, taugt aber nicht für die Praxis

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; On the Old Saw: That May Be Right in Theory But It Won't Work in Practice; I. On the Relation of Theory to Practice in Morality in General (in reply to some exceptions taken by Professor Garve); II. On the Relation of Theory to Practice in Constitutional Law (contra Hobbes); III. On the Relation of Theory to Practice in International Law A General-Philanthropic, i.e., Cosmopolitan View (contra Mendelssohn).

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