Kant, Respect and Injustice: Limits of Liberal Moral Theory (International Library of Philosophy) - Hardcover

Seidler, Victor

9780710204264: Kant, Respect and Injustice: Limits of Liberal Moral Theory (International Library of Philosophy)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0710204264 ISBN 13: 9780710204264

Publisher: Routledge, 1986

In this work, originally published in 1986, Victor Seidler explores the different notions of respect, equality and dependency in Kant’s moral writings. He illuminates central tensions and contradictions not only within Kant’s moral philosophy, but within the thinking and feeling about human dignity and social inequality which we take very much for granted within a liberal moral culture.

In challenging our assumption of the autonomy of morality, Seidler also questions our understanding of what it means for someone to live as a person in his or her own right. The autonomy of individuals cannot be assumed but has to be reasserted against relationships of subordination. This involves a break with a rationalist morality, so that respect for others involves respect for emotions, feelings, desires and needs, and establishes a fuller autonomy as a basis for freedom and justice.

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Review:

'A Truer Liberty makes two welcome contributions to Weil studies: it presents the most thorough analysis to date of Weil's affinities with and divergences from Marxism, and--more importantly--it succeeds in bringing Weil to life as a political theorist whose writings provide some bracing alternatives to the ideological forces that dominate twentieth-century thought ... Blum and Seidler not only inaugurate a new direction in Weil studies; they also show us why her political theorizing deserves serious and more respectful attention than it has hitherto received.' - The Review of Politics

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