The Limits of Kant’s Cosmopolitanism

Theory, Practice, and the Crisis in Syria

Bibliographic Data

ID20510757
AuthorsMatthew C Altman (0000-0001-8807-6015, Central Washington University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume22
Issue2
Pages179-204
Publication date2017-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueKantian Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1369415417000012
OpenAlexW2611022677
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited21

Although Kant defends a cosmopolitan ideal, his philosophy is problematically vague regarding how to achieve it, which lends support to the empty formalism charge. How Kant would respond to the crisis in Syria reveals that judgement plays too central a role, because Kantian principles lead to equally reasonable but opposite conclusions on how to weigh the duty of hospitality to refugees against a state’s duty to its own citizens, the right of prevention towards ISIS against the duty not to harm non-combatants, and the responsibility to protect the people of Syria against the duty of non-interference in its internal affairs

Cosmopolitanism · Duty · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Harm · Hospitality · International law · Judgement · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Tourism · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification

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