Ciceronian Officium and Kantian Duty Andree Hahmann Michael Vazquez One of the characteristic markers advent modern moral philosophy is conceptual distinction between morality one's own happiness.1 Nowhere this innovation more visible than with concept "moral duty," which in terms often defined precisely by its opposition to prudential self-interest or happiness.2 It generally assumed that Stoi...

Abstract Development economists have suggested that the hopes of poor are a relevant factor in overcoming poverty. I argue Kant’s approach to hope provides an important complement economists’ perspective. A Kantian account emphasizes need for rationality and thereby guards against problematic aspects discourse on hope. Section 1 introduces recent work development economics. 2 clarifies question...

Abstract According to Kant, we gain mathematical knowledge by constructing objects in pure intuition. This is true not only of geometry but arithmetic and algebra as well. Construction has prominent place scholarly accounts Kant’s views mathematics. But did Kant have a clear vision what construction is? The paper argues that employed two different, even conflicting models construction, dependin...