Kant & Political Philosophy

by Beiner, Ronald; Booth, William James

• ISBN13: 9780300066418
• ISBN10: 0300066414
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-02-21
• Publisher: Yale Univ Pr

Summary

This volume, written by established authorities on Kant as well as by new scholars in the field, illuminates the ways in which contemporary thinkers differ regarding Kantian philosophy and Kant's legacy to political and ethical theory.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Kant in the Tradition of Political Philosophy	p. 7
The Elements of Kant's Practical Philosophy	p. 9
Kant's Two Conceptions of the Will in Their Political Context	p. 38
Kant on "Natural Rights"	p. 50
The Crisis of the End of Reason in Kant's Philosophy and the Remarks of 1764-1765	p. 76
Kantian Perspectives on History and Politics	p. 95
On the Meaning of Rational Action in the State	p. 97
Commerce and Community in Kant's Early Thought	p. 117
The Politics of Kant's Philosophy	p. 155
Liberalism and International Relations	p. 173
Judging the Kantian Legacy	p. 205
What Is Living and What Is Dead in Kant's Practical Philosophy?	p. 207
The Problem with Kantian Liberalism	p. 224
The Limits of Autonomy: Karl Marx's Kant Critique	p. 245
Kant, the Sublime, and Nature	p. 276
Contemporary Debates	p. 289
Themes in Kant's Moral Philosophy	p. 291
Morality and Ethical Life: Does Hegel's Critique of Kant Apply to Discourse Ethics?	p. 320
The Motivation behind a Procedural Ethics	p. 337
On the Possibility of a Philosophical Ethics	p. 361
List of Contributors	p. 375
Index	p. 377
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