The Social Authority of Reason: Kant's Critique, Radical Evil, And the Destiny of Humankind (SUNY Series in Philosophy) (Suny Philosophy) - Softcover

Rossi, Philip J.

9780791464304: The Social Authority of Reason: Kant's Critique, Radical Evil, And the Destiny of Humankind (SUNY Series in Philosophy) (Suny Philosophy)

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ISBN 10: 079146430X ISBN 13: 9780791464304

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2006

Explores the social ramifications of Kant's concept of radical evil.

In The Social Authority of Reason, Philip J. Rossi, SJ argues that the current cultural milieu of globalization is strikingly reflective of the human condition appraised by Kant, in which mutual social interaction for human good is hamstrung by our contentious “unsociable sociability.” He situates the paradoxical nature of contemporary society―its opportunities for deepening the bonds of our common human mutuality along with its potential for enlarging the fissures that arise from our human differences―in the context of Kant’s notion of radical evil. As a corrective, Rossi proposes that we draw upon the social character of Kant’s critique of reason, which offers a communal trajectory for human moral effort and action. This trajectory still has power to open the path to what Kant called “the highest political good”―lasting peace among nations.

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Explores the social ramifications of Kant's concept of radical evil.

About the Author:

Philip J. Rossi, SJ is Professor of Theology at Marquette University and the coeditor (with Michael J. Wreen) of Kant’s Philosophy of Religion Reconsidered.

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