Kant and the supposed right to lie /
Jens Timmermann provides a detailed philosophical, developmental and historical analysis of Immanuel Kant's 1797 essay 'On a Supposed Right to Lie from Love of Humanity', in which Kant argues that it is criminally wrong to lie to protect a friend from being murdered.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2025].
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| Summary: | Jens Timmermann provides a detailed philosophical, developmental and historical analysis of Immanuel Kant's 1797 essay 'On a Supposed Right to Lie from Love of Humanity', in which Kant argues that it is criminally wrong to lie to protect a friend from being murdered. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 216 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-212) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781108834216 1108834213 9781108994699 1108994695 |