Review article

Ethics as Philosophy of Humanisation in the Work of Kvirin Vasilj

Draženko Tomić orcid.org/0000-0003-3447-7838 ; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This article reflects on philosophical ethics in the works of Kvirin Vasilj. The first chapter examines Vasilj’s definition of ethics as a science on human behaviour in the broader context of contemporary ethical theories. It also points out Vasilj’s position on the instrumental role of ethics in human behaviour, which (the position) is examined in its complexity. The second and the third chapter focus on the moral law, its universality, and its foundation. The author points out Vasilj’s position on the transcendental origin of the moral law. The fourth and the fifth chapter present Vasilj’s critique of Kant’s understanding of the place and the role of ethics, his moral imperative, and the whole field of contemporary ethical theories, which are based, according to Vasilj, on egoism. The final chapter points out some difficulties in Vasilj’s understanding of ethics and the moral law, as well as some inconsistencies in his critique of Kant’s ethics.

Keywords

Ethics; moral law; categorical imperative; Kant

Hrčak ID:

120307

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/120307

Publication date:

24.4.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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