Alternatives Quote by Allen W. Wood

For the utilitarian, there is a fact of the matter about the good (the general happiness, or whatever conception of the good the utilitarian…

— Allen W. Wood

No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be free) can…

— Allen W. Wood

Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's Groundwork); second,…

— Allen W. Wood

Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.

— Allen W. Wood

We commit not only theoretical error but also moral wrong in objectifying ourselves or other rational beings, ignoring their capacities for free action and…

— Allen W. Wood

Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized.

— Allen W. Wood

That Hegel's theory is derivative from Fichte's does not prevent it from being strikingly original and of independent value.

— Allen W. Wood

It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part of our…

— Allen W. Wood

It is rational to choose the right means to your ends to develop very elegant abstract formal theories of rational choice, and then turn…

— Allen W. Wood

We can never prove that we are free or integrate our freedom in any way into our objective conception of the causal order of…

— Allen W. Wood

Kant regards the universalizability test for maxims as focused on a very special sort of situation: one where the agent is tempted to make…

— Allen W. Wood

My own view is that Kant's conception of the duality of the good (morality and happiness, the good of our person and the good…

— Allen W. Wood