Deriving Morality from Politics
Rethinking the Formula of Humanity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8075004 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Japa Pallikkathayil (0000-0002-1962-4679, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 116-147 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1704 • E-ISSN: 1539-297X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/656041 |
| OpenAlex | W2048645154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 45 |
| References cited | 4 |
Kant's Formula of Humanity famously forbids treating others merely as a means. It is unclear, however, what exactly treating someone merely as a means comes to. This essay argues against an interpretation of this idea advanced by Christine Korsgaard and Onora O'Neill. The essay then develops a new interpretation that suggests an important connection between the Formula of Humanity and Kant's political philosophy: the content of many of our moral duties depends on the results of political philosophy and, indeed, on the results of actual political decision making
Content (measure theory · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanity · Interpretation (philosophy · Morality · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification · Law · Philosophy
The Political Philosophy of Internal Displacement
Politics, Truth, and Respect
Kant's Grounded Cosmopolitanism
Sovereign Reason
The General Will, the Common Good, and a Democracy of Standards
Rescuing Socialism from Equality
The Moral Habitat
Freedom and poverty in the Kantian state
Kant's Theory of Labour
Being under the Power of Others
Capabilities in a Just Society
Republicanism and the Future of Democracy
When Public and Business Interests Collide
Innate right in Kant—A critical reading
Kant on Bullshit Jobs—Mere Means and True Means
Kant on punishment and poverty
The Morality of Gossip
Getting at the Root of Evil
The Force and the Place of Provisional Property in Kant’s Doctrine of Right
Never Merely as a Means
Kant on Welfare
A Kantian Account of Moral Trust
How to Use Someone ‘Merely as a Means’
Hermann Cohen’s Neo-Kantian Ethical Socialism
Making the Ideal Real
Principles of Justice, Primary Goods and Categories of Right
Mental time-travel, semantic flexibility, and A.I. ethics
The Human Right to Political Participation
What Is the Point of Nondomination
Why (and How) States Protect Children
Do We Have Reasons to Obey the Law
The Human Right to Political Participation
Treating as a Mere Enemy
Rousseau's Freedom as Recognition
Frontier Kantianism
Social Equality and Democratic Authority
Legitimacy and two roles for flourishing in politics
Putting Wronging First
Love First
Against Kantian Statism
The provisionality of property rights in Kant's Doctrine of Right
Kant's Reason
The Unity of the Moral Domain
Climate Displacement and Territorial Justice
Kant's Political Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 45 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |