Reason, normativity and law : new essays in Kantian philosophy / edited by Alice Pinheiro Walla and Mehmet Ruhi Demiray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pinheiro Walla, Alice, editor.

Ruhi Demiray, Mehmet, editor.

Series:

Political philosophy now.

Political Philosophy Now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Normativity (Ethics).

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2020.

Summary:

How should we act? How should the world be organised? This new anthology on Kant's practical philosophy guides the reader from the general question of the nature of reasons and rationality in Kant's philosophical system to the Kantian task of promoting justice and peace at the global level. Contributions to this volume show how the Kantian idea of reason as a source of normativity is grounded, and which implications and applications the Kantian approach might bring about. The volume covers three areas - meta-ethics, political thought and theory, and applied politics - and although these are different spheres of thought, they are interconnected in a fundamental way through Kant's account of normativity as derived from reason. The volume provides an overview of recent debates in Kant scholarship and groundbreaking new applications of Kant's theory to current affairs.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part I: Reason and Normativity

1. Can Kantian Constructivism Avoid Realist Commitments?

2. Staying Philosophically on the Surface: Constitutivist and Naturalist Quests for Normativity

3. The Politics of Reason

Part II: Reason and Legal Order

4. Justice, Citizenship and the Kingdom of Ends

5. Juridical Law as a Categorical Imperative

6. Provisional and Private Legality in Kant 7. Why Human Dignity Cannot Be the Basis of Human Rights, at Least Not on Kantian Grounds

8. Kant's Idea of Law and Human Rights

Part III: Kant and Contemporary Political Issues

9. Forcible Dispossession of Territory and State Legitimacy: A Kantian Account

10. Private Property and Territorial Rights: A Kantian Alternative to Contemporary Debates

11. Kant's Cosmopolitan Right and Human Dignity in European Asylum Law

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781786835147

1786835142