[New Entry by Daniel Muñoz on January 25, 2022.]
Moral philosophy is often said to be about we owe to each other. Do we owe anything to ourselves? Philosophers are torn. On the one hand, obligations to self are a mainstay of moral theories – most famously Kant’s – as well as ordinary thinking. It is not just academic Kantians who believe in making something of our lives and standing up for…
Moral philosophy is often said to be about we owe to each other. Do we owe anything to ourselves? Philosophers are torn. On the one hand, obligations to self are a mainstay of moral theories – most famously Kant’s – as well as ordinary thinking. It is not just academic Kantians who believe in making something of our lives and standing up for…
News source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
