Joachim Aufderheide and Ralf M. Bader (eds.): The Highest Good in Aristotle and Kant, «Ethical Theory and Moral Practice»

This collection of essays seeks to examine the notion of the highest good by pursuing two different, although deeply related, sets of philosophical concerns. On the one hand, it aims to shed light on the theoretical role that the highest good plays respectively in Aristotle’s and in Kant’s value theories, especially with regard to the idea that the good in question may represent a source or condition of the goodness of other goods. On the other, it aims to bring to light relevant similarities between Aristotle’s and Kant’s formulations of the problem of the highest good, in line with studies that have paved the way towards a reconciliation of their theories (see, e.g., Engstrom and Whiting 1996).