Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy is almost universally understood as the attempt to analyse and defend a morality based on individual autonomy. In The Kantian Imperative, Paul Saurette challenges this interpretation by arguing that Kant's 'imperative' is actually based on a problematic appeal to 'common sense' and that it is premised on, and seeks to further cultivate and intensify, the feeling of humiliation in every moral subject. Discerning the influence of this model on a wide variety of historical and contemporary political thought and philosophy and critical of its implications, Saurette explores its impact on the work of two seminal and contemporary thinkers in particular: Charles Taylor and Jurgen Habermas. Saurette also shows that an analysis of the Kantian imperative allows a better understanding of current political problems such as the U.S. torture scandal at Abu Ghraib in Iraq and broader post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy. The Kantian Imperative thus demonstrates that philosophy and political theory are as relevant to contemporary events as at any other time in history.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-13
9780802048806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94920502
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Kantian Imperative: Humiliation, Common Sense, Politics
Author
Paul Saurette
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2016
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
478g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Paul Saurette
Series Title
Heritage
Country/Region of Manufacture
Canada
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