Kantian Ethics and Environmental Philosophy: Pursuing the Good in an Age of Crisis

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Fiacha D. Heneghan

Kantian Ethics and Environmental Philosophy

Pursuing the Good in an Age of Crisis

Fiacha D. Heneghan

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Edinburgh University Press
31 January 2025

Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Social & political philosophy

Human beings have desires and obligations. A Kantian framework reveals the morally significant conflict between these two. In the context of looming environmental crises of our own making, we may be forced in many respects to choose between environmental obligations and the pursuit of our well-being. Kantian Ethics and Environmental Philosophy begins by examining a tendency in philosophical thought as old as the Ancient Greeks: the temptation to minimize or even theorize away such conflicts. By contrast, this book argues that acknowledging the reality of the choices ahead is a necessary first step to forming a coherent and rational hope for a better world.

By: Fiacha D. Heneghan
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399531535
ISBN 10: 1399531530
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 31 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fiacha D. Heneghan is an independent scholar and tutor, who completed his PhD at Vanderbilt University in 2020. He has published journal articles in Philosophy Today, Southwest Philosophy Review and Idealistic Studies. He has published 3 book chapters. For four years he was Research Assistant to Julian Wuerth for The Cambridge Kant Lexicon.

Reviews for Kantian Ethics and Environmental Philosophy: Pursuing the Good in an Age of Crisis

Heneghan develops a novel approach to addressing the threats posed by climate change through a masterful application of Kant's analysis of the highest good. As such, he makes a significant contribution to both Kant scholarship and environmental philosophy in view of one of the most pressing issues of our time.--Christopher E. Fremaux, The University of Scranton Through a meticulous engagement with Kant's writings on hope and the highest good, Heneghan develops a notion of radical hope through which philosophy becomes more than a consolation for the existence of suffering, but also an ethical approach to contemporary moral crises with seemingly impossible solutions, such as looming environmental catastrophe. --Kelly Oliver, Vanderbilt University