Rescuing Autonomy from Kant : : A Marxist Critique of Kant’s Ethics / / James Furner.

In Rescuing Autonomy from Kant , James Furner argues that Marxism’s relation to Kant’s ethics is not one of irrelevance, complementarity or incompatibility, but critique. Although Kant’s formulas of the categorical imperative presuppose a belief in God that Kant cannot motivate, the value of autonom...

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Superior document:Historical Materialism Book Series ; 271
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.
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Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Historical Materialism Book Series ; 271.
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
Physical Description:1 online resource (351 pages)
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Summary:In Rescuing Autonomy from Kant , James Furner argues that Marxism’s relation to Kant’s ethics is not one of irrelevance, complementarity or incompatibility, but critique. Although Kant’s formulas of the categorical imperative presuppose a belief in God that Kant cannot motivate, the value of autonomy can instead be grounded by appeal to an antinomy in capitalism’s basic structure, and this commits us to socialism.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004527516
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: James Furner.