caa a22 4500 606238115 CHVBK 20210128101256.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10677-015-9600-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10677-015-9600-x Walla Alice Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut Kant's Moral Theory and Demandingness [Elektronische Daten] [Alice Walla] In this paper, I sketch a Kantian account of duties of rescue, which I take to be compatible with Kant's theory. I argue that there is in fact no "trumping relation” between imperfect and perfect duties but merely that "latitude shrinks away” in certain circumstances. Against possible demandingness objections, I explain why Kant thought that imperfect duty must allow latitude for choice and argue that we must understand the necessary space for pursuing one's own happiness as entailed by Kant's justification of one's duty to promote other's happiness. Nevertheless, becoming worthy of happiness has always priority over one's own happiness, even when circumstances are such that we cannot secure our own happiness without seriously neglecting more pressing needs of other persons. I conclude that Kant's moral theory calls for complementation by the political and juridical domain. Implementing just political institutions and creating satisfactorily well-ordered societies create an external world which is friendlier to our attempts to reconcile moral integrity and a happy human life. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Immanuel kant nationallicence Imperfect duties nationallicence Beneficence nationallicence Perfect duties nationallicence Demandingness nationallicence Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/4(2015-08-01), 731-743 1386-2820 18:4<731 2015 18 10677 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9600-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9600-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Walla Alice Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/4(2015-08-01), 731-743 1386-2820 18:4<731 2015 18 10677