Rawls and the Kantian Ethos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Tampio (0000-0001-7295-8486, Hamilton College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-102 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1057/palgrave.polity.2300044 |
| OpenAlex | W1968322530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
John Rawls had a life-long interest in Kant. To provide a new perspective on Rawls's political thinking, to illuminate Kant's legacy for political theory, and to contribute to current debates about the Enlightenment, I track how Rawls interprets and transforms Kant's legacy. In this essay, I show how Rawls reconceptualizes four key Kantian activities: the identification of the problem, the engagement with common sense, the construction of principles, and the authentication of principles. I defend Rawls from the charge—made by Allan Bloom, Michael Sandel, and Allen Wood, among others—that Rawls fundamentally misunderstands or misuses Kant. The basis of my defense is that Rawls considers a critical intellectual sensibility (or ethos), rather than a specific doctrine (e.g., the categorical imperative), as the most valuable component of Kant's legacy
Categorical imperative · Democracy · Doctrine · Economic Justice · Enlightenment · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethos · Law and economics · Morality · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Primary goods · Public reason · Sociology · Theology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |