Kant’s Nomads: Encountering Strangers
There is a tendency within the literature to decry Kant as either a proto-imperialist or as a proto-democrat in relation to his views on distant strangers. I here take an alternative view, arguing that Kant’s cosmopolitan morality is considerably more context-sensitive than is often assumed. More sp...
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| Language: | deu |
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Ediciones Complutense (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Con-textos Kantianos: International Journal of Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.con-textoskantianos.net/index.php/revista/article/view/237 |
| Summary: | There is a tendency within the literature to decry Kant as either a proto-imperialist or as a proto-democrat in relation to his views on distant strangers. I here take an alternative view, arguing that Kant’s cosmopolitan morality is considerably more context-sensitive than is often assumed. More specifically, I argue that Kant’s encounter with American nomads on the final pages of his Doctrine of Right reflects a nuanced reading of European settlers’ requisite comportment towards them: Kant neither endorses a universal duty of state entrance nor does he place nomads beyond all possible moral engagement with European settlers. |
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| ISSN: | 2386-7655 2386-7655 |