Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 176-184
Author(s):  
Justin Clarke-Doane
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
Modal Metaphysics ◽  
Prudential Reasoning

The Conclusion suggests a general partition of areas of philosophical interest into those which are more like mathematics and those which are more like morality. In the former category are questions of possibility, grounding, essence, logic, and mereology. In the latter are questions of epistemology, political philosophy, aesthetics, and prudential reasoning. The chapter argues that the former questions are like the question of whether the Parallel Postulate is true, qua a pure mathematical conjecture. By contrast, practical questions are immune to deflation in this way. The conclusion is that the objective questions in the neighborhood of questions of modal metaphysics, grounding, nature, and so forth are practical. Practical philosophy should, therefore, take center stage.

Making Sense of Mill

Dialogue ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 791-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Weinstock
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Philosophical Debates

Wendy Donner's The Liberal Self: John Stuart Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy is an important and thought-provoking addition to the growing body of literature seeking to rescue Mill's practical philosophy from the rather lowly place it occupied in the estimation of many philosophers earlier this century, and to present him as a philosopher whose views form a coherent, systematic whole that can still contribute significantly to numerous moral and political debates. The book proposes an interpretation of the whole of Mill's practical philosophy, and attempts to reveal how aspects of Mill's thought, hitherto considered incompatible, actually mutually support one another. At the same time, Donner sets many of Mill's positions in the context of contemporary moral and political philosophical debates, and finds that on a number of important issues, his thought stands up rather well against more recent work.

24. Kant

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin A. Flikschuh
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Immanuel Kant ◽  
Political Liberalism ◽  
Political Obligation ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Short Biography ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the political ideas of Immanuel Kant. Kant is widely regarded as a precursor to current political liberalism. There are many aspects of Kant's political philosophy, including his property argument, that remain poorly understood and unjustly neglected. Many other aspects, including his cosmopolitanism, reveal Kant as perhaps one of the most systematic and consistent political thinkers. Underlying all these aspects of his political philosophy is an abiding commitment to his epistemological method of transcendental idealism. After providing a short biography of Kant, this chapter considers his epistemology as well as the relationship between virtue and justice in his practical philosophy. It also explores a number of themes in Kant's political thinking, including the idea of external freedom, the nature of political obligation, the vindication of property rights, the denial of a right to revolution, and the cosmopolitan scope of Kantian justice.

Kant, Intervention and the ‘Failed State’

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 91-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Cavallar ◽  
August Reinisch
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Pure Reason ◽  
Critique Of Pure Reason ◽  
Failed State ◽  
Important Development ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Works

Nowadays Kant's practical philosophy (including his political philosophy) is as highly regarded as his theoretical philosophy. This is an important development since the more constructive side of Kant's philosophy is to be found in his moral and political works. The main task of the Critique of Pure Reason is to clarify its concepts and to get rid of basic errors, and thus only ‘negative’. The moral and political writings, on the other hand, try to expand the scope of reason ‘for practical purposes’ (‘in praktischer Absicht’). Establishing principles of moral and political conduct, their main objective is not negative, but constructive.

scholarly journals La dimensión práctica de la filosofía según Juan de Salisbury

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
César RAÑA DAFONTE
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Teaching Activity ◽  
John Of Salisbury

This paper presents the Practical Philosophy according to John of Salisbury, as it is found in his reflections about Ethics, Political Philosophy, teaching activity and his production as a writer.

Hegel’s Jena Practical Philosophy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Nance
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Ethical Life ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
Struggle For Recognition ◽  
Liberal Individualism ◽  
Community Attachments ◽  
Culminating Project ◽  
Coherent Picture

This chapter examines the development of Hegel’s Jena social and political philosophy prior to the publication of the Phenomenology, with a focus on Hegel’s engagement with Fichte. Hegel’s culminating project in his Jena practical philosophy involves synthesizing two social ideals: classical Greek communitarianism and modern liberal individualism. According to Hegel’s conception, the classical communitarian ideal threatens a form of nihilism: the destruction of free, independent subjectivity. The modern individualist ideal, by contrast, threatens atomism: the breakdown of community attachments in favor of the pursuit of private interests. Hegel’s Jena project is to avoid nihilism and atomism by synthesizing the two ideals into one coherent picture of ethical life. Two related conceptual innovations prove crucial to this project: first, the idea that human agency is formed through a struggle for recognition; and second, the idea that modern ethical life is a shape of objective spirit.

scholarly journals Praxis, Sittlichkeit and Communicative Action. On the connection between praxis, Sittlichkeit and communicative action in Aristotle, Hegel, Habermas and Honneth

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Øjvind Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
History Of Ideas ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
History Of

The concept of praxis is one of the most fundamental concepts in the history of political philosophy. The most famous example may be Marx’s statement in the eleventh thesis on Feuerbach. The close relation between praxis and polis was grounded in Aristotle’s political philosophy. Hegel leads this concept further with his concept of praxis as Sittlichkeit. Honneth and Habermas are both grounded in the young Hegel’s writings when they try to extrapolate what is essential in Hegel’s concept of praxis and generate a new concept, which may be valid for our time. Honneth is standing by Hegel’s concept of recognition, which he then is forced to leave many years later when rediscovering Hegel’s concept of Sittlichkeit. However, Honneth fails to reconcile praxis and Sittlichkeit. In contrast, Habermas sets in a hermeneutic maneuver language as a substitute for Hegel’s concept of spirit. With this new, effectively metaphysical concept, he is able to formulate a practical philosophy in which both praxis and Sittlichkeit are summarized in communicative action. Habermas’s practical philosophy follows Hegel’s and extends its roots into the history of ideas, back to Aristotle’s foundation of the concept of praxis and, in a broader sense, to the antique democracy of Athens.

scholarly journals Psychophysiological Transcendentalism in Friedrich Albert Lange’s Social and Political Philosophy

2022 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Theresia Widmer
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Detailed Understanding ◽  
History Of

Abstract In recent literature, it has been suggested that Lange’s social and political philosophy is separate from his neo-Kantian program. Prima facie, this interpretation makes sense given that Lange argues for an account of social norms that builds on Darwin and Smith rather than on Kant. Still, this paper argues that elements of psychophysiological transcendentalism can be found in Lange’s social and political philosophy. A detailed examination of the second edition of the History of Materialism, Schiller’s Poems, and the second edition of The Worker’s Question reveals that Lange sought to develop a systematic foundation of psychophysiological transcendentalism that is presupposed in his social and political philosophy. This allows for a more detailed understanding of Lange’s practical philosophy and assures him a position in the tradition of neo-Kantian socialism.

Practical Philosophy After Duties to Self

Duty to Self ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 195-210
Author(s):  
Paul Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Practical Philosophy

This chapter considers lines of inquiry that emerge from the argument pursued throughout the book. It considers the possibility, raised by Kant, that self-duty is a necessary ground for all duty. It considers a debate between Kant and Fichte about the nature of self-consciousness, discussing ways in which the account in the book might illuminate that debate. Finally, it considers the implication of holding, as this book does, that parts of a unified whole can relate to one another second-personally, and applies this thought to debates in political philosophy about communitarianism and liberalism.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thom Brooks ◽  
Sebastian Stein
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Philosophical Method ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Relationship

This collection is dedicated to questions surrounding Hegel’s philosophical method and its relationship to the conclusions of his political philosophy. It contributes to the debate about the importance of a systematic context for political philosophy, and the relationship between theoretical and practical philosophy. It also engages with contemporary discussions about the shape of a rational social order and gauges the timeliness of Hegel’s way of thinking. The chapters do not approach the topic of the relationship between Hegel’s method and system with his political philosophy from the same perspective—nor do they reach the same conclusions. But they suggest that greater attention can and should be paid to how Hegel’s political philosophy relates to his larger philosophical enterprise. It is hoped that this volume will enliven a wider debate about the importance of Hegel’s system for understanding his philosophy as a fruitful site for future research.

Morality and Mathematics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Clarke-Doane
Keyword(s):  
Moral Realism ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Mathematical Realism ◽  
Mathematical Beliefs ◽  
Moral Beliefs ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Moral Questions

This book explores arguments for and against moral realism and mathematical realism, how they interact, and what they can tell us about areas of philosophical interest more generally. It argues that our mathematical beliefs have no better claim to being self-evident or provable than our moral beliefs. Nor do our mathematical beliefs have better claim to being empirically justified. It is also incorrect that reflection on the “genealogy” of our moral beliefs establishes a lack of parity between the cases. In general, if one is a moral anti-realist on the basis of epistemological considerations, then one ought to be a mathematical anti-realist too. And yet, the book argues that moral realism and mathematical realism do not stand or fall together – and for a surprising reason. Moral questions, insofar as they are practical, are objective in a sense in which mathematical questions are not, and the sense in which they are objective can only be explained by assuming practical anti-realism. It follows that the concepts of realism and objectivity, which have been widely identified, are actually in tension. The author concludes that the objective questions in the neighborhood of questions of logic, modality, grounding, nature, and more are practical questions as well. Practical philosophy should, therefore, take center stage.

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