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Freedom and the End of Reason : On the Moral Foundation of Kant's Critical Philosophy
Overview
Richard L. Velkley offers a new interpretation of the central issues of Kant's philosophy and a new evaluation of its position within the history of modern philosophy. He persuasively argues that the whole of Kantianism, not merely the 'Second Critique, ' is really a 'critique of practical reason' and a response to a problem Kant saw as intrinsic to reason: the teleological problem of reason's goodness. By stressing a Rousseau--inspired notion of reason as a provider of practical ends, Velkley also is able to offer an unusually compete account of Kant's idea of moral culture.
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- ISBN-13: 9780226852607
- ISBN-10: 0226852601
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: July 1989
- Dimensions: 9.32 x 6.31 x 0.81 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 244
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