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Freedom and the end of reason : on the moral foundation of Kant's critical philosophy / Richard L. Velkley.
LIBRA B2798 .V37 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Velkley, Richard L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
- Kant, Immanuel.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778--Influence.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
- Reason--History--18th century.
- Reason.
- Teleology--History--18th century.
- Teleology.
- Ethics, Modern--18th century.
- Ethics, Modern.
- Liberty--History--18th century.
- Liberty.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 222 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- Richard L. Velkley offers a new interpretation of the central issues of Kant's philosophy and a new evaluation of its position within the history of modern philosophy. He persuasively argues that the whole of Kantianism, not merely the 'Second Critique, ' is really a 'critique of practical reason' and a response to a problem Kant saw as intrinsic to reason: the teleological problem of reason's goodness. By stressing a Rousseau--inspired notion of reason as a provider of practical ends, Velkley also is able to offer an unusually compete account of Kant's idea of moral culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0226852601
- OCLC:
- 18781508
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