Oppenheimer's Choice
Subtitle: Reflections from Moral Philosophy (Suny Series in Philosophy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: June 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780791467824
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Biography & Autobiography; Philosophy; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age; Scientists - General; United States - 20th Century
First sentence: In 1797, near the end of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant illustrated his views on the use of individual exemplars in the teaching of ethics: a teacher will not tell his naughty pupil: take an example from that good (orderly, diligent) boy!