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Book SynopsisKantian Commitments comprises ten essays that represent a series of efforts to rethink many of the fundamentals of Kant''s ethics and to draw out some implications for moral theory and practice. In Part One, Herman revisits and revises central pieces of Kant''s moral framework, offering a new understanding of the formulas of the categorical imperative, revisiting the idea of exceptions to duties, and sharpening the contrast between the value commitments of Kantian theory and other deontologies (especially recent contractualisms). The working hypothesis is to take seriously the idea that the formulas of the categorical imperative frame an account of moral reasoning with standards of validity and soundness which enable moral judgment to explicate the connection between our rational natures and our duties.Part Two takes on some less central but important topics which are informed by the arguments of Part One: the rationale for Kant''s moralized view of history; the implications of a Kanti
