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Author Cherkasova, Evgenia

Title Dostoevsky and Kant : dialogues on ethics / Evgenia Cherkasova ; with a foreword by George L. Kline
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 128 pages)
Series Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; v. 206
Value inquiry book series ; v. 206.
Contents EDITORIAL FOREWORD; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; One: THE DEONTOLOGY OF THE HEART; Two: FREEDOM: ADVENTURES OF THE WILL; Three: EVIL: ADVENTURES OF SEDUCTIVE SPIRIT; Four: COMMUNITY; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX
Summary "In this book, Evgenia Cherkasova brings the philosopher Kant and the novelist Dostoevsky together in conversations that probe why duty is central to our moral life. She shows that just as Dostoevsky is indebted to Kant, so Kant would profit from the deeply philosophical narratives of Dostoevsky, which engage the problem of evil and the claims of human community. She not only produces a novel reading of Dostoevsky, but also guides us to later, often neglected Kantian texts. This study is written with scholarly care, penetrating analysis, elegance of style, and moral urgency: Cherkasova writes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Ethics
SUBJECT Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 fast
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 fast
Subject Ethics.
Ethics
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441625472
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