: The Uses and limits of Kant's Practical Philosophy
\ Matthew C. Altman.
Malden, MA
: Wiley-Blackwell
, 2011.
x, 320 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.
Animal suffering and moral character -- Kant's strategic importance for environmental ethics -- Moral and legal arguments for universal health care -- The scope of patient autonomy -- Subjecting ourselves to capital punishment -- Same-sex marriage as a means to mutual respect -- Consent, mail-order brides, and the marriage contract -- Individual maxims and social justice -- The decomposition of the corporate body -- On becoming a person -- Conclusion: emerging from Kant's long shadow.