Overview

This book is a collection of 12 new essays on the topic of Kant’s account of citizenship, the first book-length text on this topic. It features an international cast of leading scholars who specialize in Kant’s ethics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy. The contributors connect Kant’s philosophy with contemporary issues concerning citizenship, including the moral grounds of citizenship rights, the relation between citizenship, human rights and dignity, civic virtues, citizenship in the ethical commonwealth, in particular the moral function of religious rituals, the link between ethical duties and faith, and the relation between religious freedom and political power, democratic participation, the legitimacy of international courts, just war theory, cosmopolitanism and the contemporary relevance of a Kantian account of citizenship. The topic is of interest given some of the currently urgent citizenship-related challenges that we are facing today. Kant’s account of justice stipulates that, in a fair and peaceful world, the legal framework that establishes rights and obligations should be effective at national, international and cosmopolitan levels. Kant’s legal and political philosophy also features the unique combination of a realistic appraisal of the human condition and powerful normative recommendations concerning action and principles of ethics and law. Together with Kant’s emphasis on the requirement of consistency, the approaches discussed in the volume are better able to orient thinking and guide action for currently urgent ethical, legal, political and social problems. Kantian Citizenship will appeal to scholars and graduate students working on Kant’s legal and political philosophy, as well as scholars from other fields who are interested in legal philosophy and the politics of citizenship.

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Author:   Mark Timmons (University of Arizona, USA) ,  Sorin Baiasu (Keele University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780367362362

ISBN 10:   0367362368
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   30 March 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Aspects of Kantian Citizenship Sorin Baiasu and Mark Timmons Part I: The Nature and Grounds of Citizenship 2. Enforcing the Law of Nature: The Background to Kant’s Conception of the Relation between Morality and Recht Paul Guyer 3. Dignity, Human Rights and Citizenship Sorin Baiasu 4. Civic Action, Idealization and Kantian Citizenship Sarah Holtman Part II: Citizenship and Ethical Commonwealth 5. Moses Mendelssohn on Religious Freedom Allen Wood 6. ‘Counteracting Evil with United Forces’: On Citizenship in a Religious Community with Special Attention to Church Rituals Mark Timmons 7. Kant’s Moral Amphiboly: Ethics, Religion and the Politics of Faith Susan Meld Shell Part III: Citizenship and Juridical Community 8. Kantian Lessons for Democratic Theory Luigi Caranti 9. The Separation of Powers and the Legitimacy of International Courts: A Kantian View Reidar Maliks 10. Kant’s ‘Unjust Enemy’: Test Case for a ‘Critical Theory of War Today’ Oliver Eberl and Peter Niesen 11. Two Sources of Cosmopolitan Right Peter Niesen Part IV: Postscript 12. Kant’s View of Citizenship: A Model for the 21st Century? Howard Williams

Reviews

""The papers collected in this volume make much-needed contributions to Kantian scholarship on core questions of citizenship. This volume will have a lasting impact on research on Kant’s legal and political philosophy, and political philosophy more generally, and it is central for anyone working on theories of citizenship from a philosophical perspective."" Sari Kisilevsky, Queens College CUNY, USA ""The contributors to this excellent volume offer nuanced and insightful readings of Kant’s political and legal philosophy while demonstrating its continuing relevance to contemporary questions and projects."" Jon Mandle, University at Albany SUNY, USA

Author Information

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. His work on Kant includes Kant's Doctrine of Virtue: A Guide (2021) and Significance and System: Essays on Kant's Ethics (2017). He is Co-editor with Sorin Baiasu of The Kantian Mind (Routledge, 2024). Sorin Baiasu is Professor of Philosophy at Keele University. He is the author of Kant and Sartre: Re-discovering Critical Ethics (2011) and editor of, among others, Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays (2013 – with Mark Timmons) and Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature and Religion (2020 – with Alberto Vanzo).

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