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What is the standing of a sovereign nation and what are its rights
relative to other sovereign nations? What is our obligation to
pursue peace? Can intervention in the affairs of another sovereign
nation be justified? Who, if any one, has the right to intervene?
In this short essay, Kant completes his political theory and
philosophy of history, considering the prospects for peace among
nations and addressing questions that remain central to our
thoughts about nationalism, war, and peace. Ted Humphrey provides
an eminently readable translation, along with a brief introduction
that sketches Kant's argument.
This edition of Prolegomena includes Kant's letter of February,
1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous document in which Kant relates the
progress of his thinking and announces that he is now ready to
present a critique of pure reason.
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On Perpetual Peace (Paperback)
Immanuel Kant; Edited by Brian Orend; Translated by Ian Johnson
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R443
Discovery Miles 4 430
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Kant's landmark essay, "On Perpetual Peace," is as timely,
relevant, and inspiring today as when it was first written over 200
years ago. In it, we find a forward-looking vision of a world
respectful of human rights, dominated by liberal democracies, and
united in a cosmopolitan federation of diverse peoples. This book
features a fresh and vigorous translation of Kant's essay by Ian
Johnston. And it includes an extended introduction by philosopher
Brian Orend, author of the widely-used text, The Morality of War.
This extensive, yet highly readable, introduction situates Kant's
essay in its historical context, while also offering a substantial
analysis, section-by-section, of the essay itself. In doing so,
Orend not only discusses Kant's personal life and the history of
"the perpetual peace tradition," he also shows how Kant's
provocative ideas have inspired and infused our own time,
especially the concept of a global alliance of free societies
committed to respecting human rights. The book also sports an
enlightening set of appendices that cleverly and sharply debate the
promise of perpetual peace. A few are from Kant's works, but most
are from other acclaimed thinkers, including: Hegel, Leibniz,
Bentham, Voltaire, Rousseau, and the Abbe de Saint-Pierre. A
chronology of Kant's life and a recommended reading list round out
this inquiry into one of the most hopeful, stirring, and
imaginative political proposals: a cosmopolitan federation uniting
us all and securing perpetual peace between nations.
This expanded edition of James Ellington's preeminent translation
includes Ellington's new translation of Kant's essay Of a Supposed
Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns in which Kant
replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory as
presented in the main text: that it requires us to tell the truth
even in the face of disastrous consequences.
Few books have had as great an impact on intellectual history as
Kant's The Moral Law. In its short compass one of the greatest
minds in the history of philosophy attempts to identify the
fundamental principle 'morality' that governs human action.
Supported by a clear introduction and detailed summary of the
argument, this is not only an essential text for students but also
the perfect introduction for any reader who wishes to encounter at
first hand the mind of one of the finest and most influential
thinkers of all time.
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Critique of Judgment (Paperback)
Immanuel Kant; Translated by Werner S. Pluhar; Foreword by Mary J. Gregor
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R791
Discovery Miles 7 910
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In THE CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT (1790), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) seeks
to establish the a priori principles underlying the faculty of
judgement, just as he did in his previous critiques of pure and
practical reason. The first part deals with the subject of our
aesthetic sensibility; we respond to certain natural phenomena as
beautiful, says Kant, when we recognise in nature a harmonious
order that satisfies the mind's own need for order. The second half
of the critique concentrates on the apparent teleology in nature's
design of organisms. Kant argues that our minds are inclined to see
purpose and order in nature and this is the main principle
underlying all of our judgements. Although this might imply a super
sensible Designer, Kant insists that we cannot prove a supernatural
dimension or the existence of God. Such considerations are beyond
reason and are solely the province of faith.
Considered one of the most profound, influential, and important
works of philosophy, "Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals"
introduces the famous Categorical Imperative and lays down a
foundation for all of Immanuel Kant's writings. In it, Kant
illuminates the basic concept that is central to his moral
philosophy and, in fact, to the entire field of modern ethical
thought: the Categorical Imperative, the supreme principle of
morality, stating that all decisions should be made based on what
is universally acceptable. Featuring the renowned translation and
commentary of Oxford's H. J. Paton, this volume has long been
considered the definitive English edition of Kant's classic text.
"Kant's "Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals,"" Paton writes in
his preface, "is one of the small books which is truly great: it
has exercised on human thought an influence almost ludicrously
disproportionate to its size."
Few books have had as great an impact on intellectual history as
Kant's "The Moral Law." In its short compass one of the greatest
minds in the history of philosophy attempts to identify the
fundamental principle 'morality' that governs human action. In
strikingly fresh, engaging and idiosyncratic prose Kant carries his
readers with him as he seeks 'the supreme principle of morality'.
Supported by a clear introduction and detailed summary of the
argument, this is not only an essential text for students but also
the perfect introduction for any reader who wishes to encounter at
first hand the mind of one of the finest and most influential
thinkers of all time.
[T]he present groundwork is nothing more than the identification
and vindication of the supreme principle of morality.' In the
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785), Immanuel Kant
makes clear his two central intentions: first, to uncover the
principle that underpins morality, and secondly to defend its
applicability to human beings. The result is one of the most
significant texts in the history of ethics, and a masterpiece of
Enlightenment thinking. Kant argues that moral law tells us to act
only in ways that others could also act, thereby treating them as
ends in themselves and not merely as means. Kant contends that
despite apparent threats to our freedom from science, and to ethics
from our self-interest, we can nonetheless take ourselves to be
free rational agents, who as such have a motivation to act on this
moral law, and thus the ability to act as moral beings. One of the
most studied works of moral philosophy, this new translation by
Robert Stern, Joe Saunders, and Christopher Bennett illuminates
this famous text for modern readers.
In a footnote to the Preface of his A nthropology Kant gives, if
not altogether accurately, the historical background for the
publication of this work. The A nthropology is, in effect, his
manual for a course of lectures which he gave "for some thirty
years," in the winter semesters at the University of Konigsberg. In
1797, when old age forced him to discontinue the course and he felt
that his manual would not compete with the lectures themselves, he
decided to let the work be published (Ak. VII, 354, 356). The
reader will readily see why these lectures were, as Kant says,
popular ones, attended by people from other walks of life. In both
content and style the Anthropology is far removed from the rigors
of the Critiques. Yet the Anthropology presents its own special
problems. The student of Kant who struggles through the Critique of
Pure Reason is undoubtedly left in some perplexity regarding
specific points in it, but he is quite clear as to what Kant is
attempting to do in the work. On finishing the Anthropology he may
well find himself in just the opposite situation. While its
discussions of the functioning of man's various powers are, on the
whole, quite lucid and even entertaining, the purpose of the work
remains somewhat vague. The questions: what is pragmatic
anthropology? what is its relation to Kant's more strictly
philosophical works? have not been answered satisfactorily.
This thoughtful abridgment makes an ideal introduction to Kant's
Critique of Pure Reason . Key selections include: the Preface in B,
the Introduction, the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Second Analogy,
the Refutation of Idealism, the first three Antinomies, the
Transcendental Deduction in B, and the Canon of Pure Reason. A
brief introduction provides biographical information, descriptions
of the nature of Kant's project and of how each major section of
the Critique contributes to that project. A select bibliography and
index are also included.
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