Constructing Authorities: Reason, Politics and Interpretation in Kant's Philosophy

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Onora O'Neill (University of Cambridge)

Constructing Authorities

Reason, Politics and Interpretation in Kant's Philosophy

Onora O'Neill (University of Cambridge)

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English

Cambridge University Press
07 January 2016

Ethics & moral philosophy; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

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.

By: Onora O'Neill (University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781107116313
ISBN 10: 1107116317
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 07 January 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I. Authority in Reasoning: 1. Vindicating reason; 2. Kant: rationality as practical reason; 3. Kant's conception of public reason; 4. Constructivism in Rawls and Kant; 5. Changing constructions; Part II. Authority, Autonomy and Public Reason: 6. Autonomy: the emperor's new clothes; 7. Self-legislation, autonomy and the form of law; 8. Autonomy and public reason in Kant, Habermas and Rawls; Part III. Authority in Politics: 9. Orientation in thinking: geographical problems, political solutions; 10. Kant and the social contract tradition; 11. Historical trends and human futures; 12. Cosmopolitanism then and now; Part IV. Authority in Interpretation: 13. Kant on reason and religion I: reasoned hope; 14. Kant on reason and religion II: reason and interpretation; Index.

Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, is a former Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, sits as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and is Emeritus Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. She has published widely on Kant's philosophy and her most recent publications include Acting on Principle, 2nd edition (Cambridge, 2013).