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Review Of Roger J. Sullivan, An Introduction To Kant's Ethics (1994), Harry Van Der Linden
Review Of Roger J. Sullivan, An Introduction To Kant's Ethics (1994), Harry Van Der Linden
Harry van der Linden
Harry van der Linden's review of: Roger Sullivan, An Introduction to Kant's Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994, viii + 183 pages.
Kant's Moral Grounding Of Societal Duties, Joyce Lazier
Kant's Moral Grounding Of Societal Duties, Joyce Lazier
joyce lazier
In this article I argue for the moral grounding of Kant's Duties of Right and maintain that my solution of ultimately grounding Duties of Right in the Highest Good does not dilute them into Duties of Virtue.
Cohen's Socialist Reconstruction Of Kant's Ethics, Harry Van Der Linden
Cohen's Socialist Reconstruction Of Kant's Ethics, Harry Van Der Linden
Harry van der Linden
The neo-Kantian Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) famously wrote that Kant “is the true and real originator of German socialism.” This paper seeks to explicate Cohen’s socialist reconstruction of Kant’s ethics and show that this reconstruction overcomes some weaknesses of Kant’s ethics. In conclusion, the paper discusses the contemporary relevance of Cohen’s cooperative socialism.
Kant, The Duty To Promote International Peace, And Political Intervention, Harry Van Der Linden
Kant, The Duty To Promote International Peace, And Political Intervention, Harry Van Der Linden
Harry van der Linden
Kant argues that it is the duty of humanity to strive for an enduring peace between the nations. For Kant, political progress within each nation is essential to realizing lasting peace, and so one would expect him to view political intervention- defined as coercive interference by one nation, or some of its citizens, with the affairs of another nation in order to bring about political improvements in that nation-as justified in some cases.! Kant, however, explicitly rejects all intervention by force, and some aspects of his work support an unqualified prohibition of political intervention. In this paper I will examine …
Review Of Kenneth Baynes, The Normative Grounds Of Social Criticism: Kant, Rawls, And Habermas (1992), Harry Van Der Linden
Review Of Kenneth Baynes, The Normative Grounds Of Social Criticism: Kant, Rawls, And Habermas (1992), Harry Van Der Linden
Harry van der Linden
Baynes's two main objectives are to show that Kant, Rawls, and Habermas share the view that "the idea of an agreement among free and equal persons [i. e., autonomous persons] ... constitutes the normative ground of social criticism" (p. 8), and that this "constructivist" view is more adequately developed and defended with each successive theorist. The study, however, goes beyond these aims and can often fruitfully be read as a comparative study of Rawls and Habermas.
Review Of Richard L. Velkley, Freedom And The End Of Reason: On The Moral Foundation Of Kant's Critical Philosophy (1989), Harry Van Der Linden
Review Of Richard L. Velkley, Freedom And The End Of Reason: On The Moral Foundation Of Kant's Critical Philosophy (1989), Harry Van Der Linden
Harry van der Linden
Harry van der Linden's review of: Richard L. Velldey, Freedom and the End of Reason: On the Moral Foundation of Kant's Critical Philosophy. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1989. Pp. xxi + 222. US$29.95. ISBN 0-226-85260-1.
Review Of Hans Reiss, Editor, Kant, Political Writings (1991), Harry Van Der Linden
Review Of Hans Reiss, Editor, Kant, Political Writings (1991), Harry Van Der Linden
Harry van der Linden
This collection of the political writings of Kant is part of the new Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought.
Review Of Alexander Kaufman, Welfare In The Kantian State (1999), Harry Van Der Linden
Review Of Alexander Kaufman, Welfare In The Kantian State (1999), Harry Van Der Linden
Harry van der Linden
Harry van der Linden's review of: Welfare in the Kantian State. By Alexander Kaufman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp.xii, 179. ISBN 0-19-829467-0 (cloth). £42.50, $45.00.