tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post112088450001323415..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Limits of GovernanceRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1120957046740952542005-07-09T20:57:00.000-04:002005-07-09T20:57:00.000-04:00*shrug*, I probably meant "in general", but I'm ha...*shrug*, I probably meant "in general", but I'm happy to restrict that to the specific example of lying, if that would be more accurate. (I don't know much Kant, to be honest.)Richard Y Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1120932298787092672005-07-09T14:04:00.000-04:002005-07-09T14:04:00.000-04:00Just as a clarificatory note: did you mean that Ka...Just as a clarificatory note: did you mean that Kant was an absolutist in general (which, I suspect, is not entirely accurate) or that it was <I>only</I> as far as lying went that he was an absolutist? <BR/><BR/>(I'm mostly curious because it seems to me that the joy of maxims is that they are very often quite context sensitive - to the extent that this manages to be a <I>problem</I> for Kant.)MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573343122387060193noreply@blogger.com