Naturalism and Realism in Kant's Ethics

In this comprehensive assessment of Kant''s metaethics, Frederick Rauscher shows that Kant is a moral idealist rather than a moral realist and argues that Kant''s ethics does not require metaphysical commitments that go beyond nature. Rauscher frames the argument in the context of Kant''s non-naturalistic philosophical method and the character of practical reason as action-oriented. Reason operate...