title: Kantian Ethics
author:  Allen W. Wood 
description: "In this rich and rewarding new book, Allen Wood...succeeds at delivering a defense of Kantian ethics that should satisfy, in terms of its philosophical credentials, any philosopher interested in ethics...Allen Wood's book remains an indispensable contribution to contemporary ethical theory." <br />-Noell Birondo, Pomona College, Notre Dame Philosophical Review<br /><br />"Wood offers an interpretation of Kant's own ethical theory and a rational reconstruction and defense of Kantian ethics, as there are topics -- such as marriage, punishment, race, and sex -- where Kantian ethics lead to conclusions different from those of Kant himself...This book will enable readers to learn more about the current debates [on Kant]...Highly recommended." <br />-J.M. Fritzman, Lewis and Clark College, Choice<br /><br />"Kantian Ethics is an important and challenging book. The position that it presents is original and its argument is supported by an exceptional knowledge of Kant's thought, of the Kantian literature and of ethical theory more broadly." <br />-Michael Rosen, Harvard University, The Times Literary Supplement<br /><br />"... important and challenging book." <br />Philosophy
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  Kantian Ethics
  In this book, Allen W. Wood investigates Kant’s conception of ethical
  theory, using it to develop a viable approach to the rights and moral
  duties of human beings. By remaining closer to Kant’s own view of
  the aims of ethics, Wood’s understanding of Kantian ethics differs
  from the received “constructivist” interpretation, especially on such
  matters as the ground and function of ethical principles, the nature
  of ethical reasoning, and autonomy as the ground of ethics. Wood
  does not hesitate to criticize and modify Kant’s conclusions when
  they seem inconsistent with his basic principles or fail to make the
  best use of the resources that Kantian principles make available. Of
  special interest are the book’s treatment of such topics as freedom of
  the will, the state’s role in securing economic justice, sexual morality,
  the justiﬁcation of punishment, and the prohibition on lying.
  Allen W. Wood is Ward W. and Pricilla B. Woods Professor at S