Force and Freedom
Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy
Published on 15. February 2010
416 pages
978-0-674-05451-6 (ISBN)
Description
Ripstein gives a comprehensive yet accessible account of Kant's political philosophy. In addition to providing a clear and coherent statement of the most misunderstood of Kant's ideas, Ripstein also shows that Kant's views remain conceptually powerful and morally appealing today.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-05451-6 (9780674054516)
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10/2009
Harvard University Press
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Person
Arthur Ripstein is Professor, Faculty of Law and Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto.
Content
Contents Preface 1. Kant on Law and Justice: An Overview 2. The Innate Right of Humanity 3. Private Right I: Acquired Rights 4. Private Right II: Property 5. Private Right III: Contract and Consent 6. Three Defects in the State of Nature 7. Public Right I: Giving Laws to Ourselves 8. Public Right II: Roads to Freedom 9. Public Right III: Redistribution and Equality of Opportunity 10. Public Right IV: Punishment 11. Public Right V: Revolution and the Right of Human Beings as Such Appendix: "A Postulate Incapable of Further Proof" Index
