Welfare in the Kantian State
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 March 1999
- ISBN 9780198294672
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 224x144x16 mm
- Weight 352 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Kant's theory of justice continues to exert a powerful influence on contemporary discussions of justice and equality. The author argues that Kant's political theory articulates a positive conception of the state's role. In particular, Kantian justice requires each member of society must be guaranteed the opportunity to realize his or her purposive capacities.
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Kant's theory of justice continues to exert a powerful influence on contemporary discussions of justice and equality. Modern theorists disagree, however, regarding the implications of Kant's theory for the state's responsibility for public welfare. A traditional interpretation holds that Kant's political theory simply constitutes an account of the constraints which reason places on the state's authority to regulate external action.
Alexander Kaufman argues that this traditional interpretation succeeds neither as a faithful reading of Kant's texts nor as a plausible, philosophically sound reconstruction of a `Kantian' political theory. Rather he argues that Kant's political theory articulates a positive conception of the state's role. In particular, Kantian justice requires that each member of society must be guaranteed the opportunity to realize his or her purposive capacities. In order to secure this guarantee, Kantian justice requires interventions to ensure equality of capabilities.
With this concise and tightly constructed account of Kant's views on social welfare, Alexander Kaufman has filled a gap in the growing literature on Kant's political philosophy ... Kaufman's book is both illuminating and suggestive.
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations and Note on Translations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Kant and Welfare
Happiness and Welfare
Teleology, Rational Faith, and Context Dependence
Systematicity and Political Salience
Political Judgement
A Kantian Model for Social Welfare Theory
Bibliography
Index
