Kant and the supposed right to lie
Auteur :
Timmermann, Jens
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108834216
Date de publication :
31 juil. 2025
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Jens Timmermann provides a detailed philosophical, developmental and historical analysis of Immanuel Kant's 1797 essay 'On a Supposed Right to Lie from Love of Humanity', in which Kant argues that it is criminally wrong to lie to protect a friend from being murdered.