Constructing Authorities
Reason, Politics and Interpretation in Kant's Philosophy
By Onora O'Neill | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
About the book
This collection of essays brings together the central lines of thought in Onora O Neill s work on Kant s philosophy developed over many years. Challenging the claim that Kant s attempt to provide a critique of reason fails because it collapses into a dogmatic argument from authority O Neill shows why Kant held that we must construct rather than assume the authority of reason and how this can be done by ensuring that anything we offer as reasons can be followed by others including others with whom we disagree. She argues that this constructivist view of reasoning is the clue to Kant s claims about knowledge ethics and politics as well as to his distinctive accounts of autonomy the social contract cosmopolitan justice and scriptural interpretation. Her essays are a distinctive and illuminating commentary on Kant s fundamental philosophical strategy and its implications and will be a vital resource for scholars of Kant ethics and philosophy of law.
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- ISBN 9781107116313
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- ISBN 9781107538252
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This collection of essays brings together the central lines of thought in Onora O Neill s work on Kant s philosophy developed over many years. Challenging the claim that Kant s attempt to provide a critique of reason fails because it collapses into a dogmatic argument from authority O Neill shows why Kant held that we must construct rather than assume the authority of reason and how this can be done by ensuring that anything we offer as reasons can be followed by others including others with whom we disagree. She argues that this constructivist view of reasoning is the clue to Kant s claims about knowledge ethics and politics as well as to his distinctive accounts of autonomy the social contract cosmopolitan justice and scriptural interpretation. Her essays are a distinctive and illuminating commentary on Kant s fundamental philosophical strategy and its implications and will be a vital resource for scholars of Kant ethics and philosophy of law.
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This collection of essays brings together the central lines of thought in Onora O Neill s work on Kant s philosophy developed over many years. Challenging the claim that Kant s attempt to provide a critique of reason fails because it collapses into a dogmatic argument from authority O Neill shows why Kant held that we must construct rather than assume the authority of reason and how this can be done by ensuring that anything we offer as reasons can be followed by others including others with whom we disagree. She argues that this constructivist view of reasoning is the clue to Kant s claims about knowledge ethics and politics as well as to his distinctive accounts of autonomy the social contract cosmopolitan justice and scriptural interpretation. Her essays are a distinctive and illuminating commentary on Kant s fundamental philosophical strategy and its implications and will be a vital resource for scholars of Kant ethics and philosophy of law.
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Philosophy and Religion > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics and moral philosophy
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Constructing Authorities?
Onora O'Neill
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Constructing Authorities is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781107116313) and paperback(ISBN 9781107538252)