liberation paradox

By William Henning James Hebblewhite

Autonomy and Equality: The problem of contemporary political theory The Kantian notion of autonomy, expressed through the capability of human beings to give themselves, as "co-legislators", universally applicable moral laws, has been one of the most influential theoretical positions in the history of philosophy. Not only does it ground the comprehensive moral theory of Immanuel Kant, including his anthropological and political writings, but it has also inspired a litany of interpretations. In this thesis I explore some of the interpretative measures that have been provided in the attempts to produce a realisable and practicable political philosophy based on the Kantian conception of autonomy. While sympathetic to the Kantian position, this thesis takes up a critical perspective inspired by the work of Jacques Ranci re. Explicitly drawing on Ranci re's radical pedagogical work, as well as his conception of parapolitics, I seek to expose the paradoxes of equality that problematise the implementation of the, as I see it, radical conception of autonomy at the heart of Kant's political theory, within constructions of the social and political theories of John Rawls, J rgen Habermas and Rainer Forst. These paradoxes I call the emancipation paradox

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805244264
• ISBN13: 9781805244264
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Mab-India
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"