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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Allen W. Wood

It is actually a nice question how far Descartes himself endorses the monological and metaphysically dualistic theory of mind associated with his…

— Allen W. Wood

In fact people do not know enough about themselves and what is good for them to form a sufficiently definite conception of…

— Allen W. Wood

Empiricist philosophy always tends to be anti-philosophy (and is often proud of it).

— Allen W. Wood

I don't think Kant's theory looks bad to people except insofar as they have misunderstood it (for instance, as heartless and ironheaded,…

— Allen W. Wood

Kant has been famous for his rejection of eudaimonism, but I think Kantian ethics has a great deal in common with Aristotle,…

— Allen W. Wood

Leaders of nations, and people whose wealth or fame gives them power over the lives of others quite often do more harm…

— Allen W. Wood

Those who see Smith as a defender of capitalism - as it existed in Marx's day, or as it exists today -…

— Allen W. Wood

Kant considers belief in God and immortality to be items of "faith" because he relates faith to the pursuit of ends -…

— Allen W. Wood

In any matter of moral importance, our first task, before we plunge ahead and decide what to do, is to figure out…

— Allen W. Wood

Clearly no working class movement ever came about that was able to do what Marx was hoping for.

— Allen W. Wood

Reason necessarily expresses itself through emotions and emotions are healthy only insofar as they are expressions of reason.

— Allen W. Wood

I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it…

— Allen W. Wood

Fichte is a necessary step to both Hegel and Marx.

— Allen W. Wood