Philosopher Immanuel Kant suggests true fulfillment comes from living ethically. He believed morality guides us to be worthy ...

Entertaining and enlightening as David P. Barash’s essay was (“Kant Isn’t Just for Kindergartners,” The Review, June 8), it distorted the meaning of the categorical imperative to a significant degree.

Kant’s view is clearly that coercion is justifiable only when it’s necessary to prevent someone from hindering the freedom of action of others. That is the proper function of Recht, or coercively ...

Despite his love of hosting, conversation, and fine dining, Kant’s house was unadorned and austere. He had only one picture, which hung above his bureau. This picture was of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who ...

Before I jump back into the conversation about sexual ethics that has unfolded on the Web in recent days, inspired by Emily Witt's n+1 essay "What Do You Desire?" and featuring a fair number of my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virtuous thinking, Kant wrote, is like good carpentry: It builds strong ideas in harmony with one another.