Springer Kant and Social Policies

This book discusses the potential for Kant’s political and juridical philosophy to shed light on current social challenges and policy. By considering Kant as a contemporary and not above moral responsibility, the authors explore his political theory as the philosophical foundation of human rights, discussing the right to citizenship, social dynamics and the scope of global justice. Focusing on topics such as society, Kant’s position on human rights, domestic economic justice, public education and moral virtue, the authors analyse the shortcomings of Kant’s modes of thought and help the reader to gain new perspective both on this classical thinker and on more contemporary issues. Review “The book is remarkable in many ways. … its claims are carefully supported by study of both Kant’s writings and their social and intellectual context. … The authors take up the challenge of writing a book that is neither apologetic nor purely scholarly, using the vast potential and many strains of Kant’s thought to address the pressing social problems of today and tomorrow.” (Vadim Chaly, Kant-Studien, Vol. 109 (4), 2018) Review     From the Back Cover This book discusses the potential for Kant’s political and juridical philosophy to shed light on current social challenges and policy. By considering Kant as a contemporary and not above moral responsibility, the authors explore his political theory as the philosophical foundation of human rights, discussing the right to citizenship, social dynamics and the scope of global justice. Focusing on topics such as society, Kant’s position on human rights, domestic economic justice, public education and moral virtue, the authors analyse the shortcomings of Kant’s modes of thought and help the reader to gain new perspective both on this classical thinker and on more contemporary issues.   About the Author Andrea Faggion is an adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of Londrina, Brazil, and permanent member of the master's program in philosophy at the State University of Maringa. Her research currently focuses on the contributions that the Kantian philosophy brings to the contemporary debate on the legal philosophy and political problems. Nuria Sánchez Madrid is Associated Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain. She is a member of the CFUL (Lisbon) and of the IREPH of the University of Paris-Ouest, France. Her previous publications include A civilizaçâo como destino: Kant e as formas da civilizaçâo, (2016) and an edited volume with Larry Krasnoff and Paula Satne, Kant’s Doctrine of Right in the Twenty First Century, forthcoming. Alessandro Pinzani is currently a professor at the UFSC, Brazil. He was a lecturer at the University of Tübingen and a guest professor at the universities of Dresden and Bochum, Germany. His research places emphasis on political philosophy, particularly democracy, Machiavelli, Kant, Habermas, justice theories and republicanism. His previous publications include Jürgen Habermas (2007) and An den Wurzeln moderner Demokratie (2009).