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Luigi Caranti’s Kant’s Political Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2019

Paul Guyer
Paul Guyer*
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Abstract

Luigi Caranti seeks to find a foundation for a contemporary theory of human rights in Kant, as well as contemporary relevance for his project of perpetual peace and his teleology of political progress. I agree with much of what he says, but provide a different account of Kant’s foundations for morality in general and human rights in particular, and defend my critique of Kant’s conception of a guarantee of progress from Caranti’s defence of Kant.

Keywords

human rightshumanity as an end in itselfKantperpetual peaceprogress
Type
Research Article
Information
Kantian Review , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , June 2019 , pp. 275 - 288
Copyright
© Kantian Review, 2019 

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