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x, 292 pages ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index pt. 1. Man and history. Optimism -- History and teleology -- Man's unsociable sociablility -- Authority and society -- Providence and world peace -- Teleology and morality -- pt. 2. The moral world and the political world. Introduction -- The moral law -- The will and freedom -- Theory and practice -- Practical reason and politics -- The moral politician -- Kant and Machiavelli -- pt. 3. The metaphysics of justice. Kant's dualistic concept of man -- The two types of moral law -- The distinction between ethics and right -- Human nature and justice -- A negative concept of freedom -- The weaknesses of Kant's concept of justice -- pt. 4. The concept of property. Property in political theory -- Kant's concept of property -- The "natural right" to property -- Property and coercion -- pt. 5. The contractual relations of civil society. The theory of punishment -- Retribution with Kant and Hegel -- Contract -- Marriage and the role of women -- pt. 6. Kant and the ideals of liberalism. Introduction -- A patriotic freedom -- Equality -- Independence -- The principle of publicity -- pt. 7. The philosophical fou

Author

Williams, Howard (Howard L.)

Publisher

New York : St. Martin's Press

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780631141532

Subjects

Political Science, Western, Science