Freedom and the End of Reason: On the Moral Foundation of Kant's Critical Philos

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Reconstructing the influence of Rousseau on Kant's thought, the author demonstrates that the relationship between speculative philosophy and practical philosophy in Kant is far more intimate than generally has been perceived. He offers an unusually complete account of Kant's idea of moral culture.

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In Freedom and the End of Reason, Richard L. Velkley offers an influential interpretation of the central issue of Kant's philosophy and an evaluation of its position within modern philosophy's larger history. He persuasively argues that the whole of Kantianism-not merely the Second Critique-focuses on a "critique of practical reason" and is a response to a problem that Kant saw as intrinsic to reason itself: the teleological problem of its goodness. Reconstructing the influence of Rousseau on Kant's thought, Velkley demonstrates that the relationship between speculative philosophy and practical philosophy in Kant is far more intimate than generally has been perceived. By stressing a Rousseau-inspired notion of reason as a provider of practical ends, he is able to offer an unusually complete account of Kant's idea of moral culture.

Author Biography

Richard L. Velkley is the Celia Scott Weatherhead Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University. He is the author of many books, including Being after Rousseau and Heidegger, Strauss, and the Premises of Philosophy, both also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction The Problem of the End of Reason in Kant's Philosophy The Primacy of the Practical End of Reason Rousseau's Insight The Highest Good and the End of Reason A Prospectus of the Argument 1. The Revolution in the End of Reason: Some Principal Themes The Revision of Modern Foundations The Critique of Instrumental Reason The Crisis in the Relation of Metaphysics to Common Reason Rousseau's Protest against Modern Enlightenment Kantian Philosophy as Transcendental Practice 2. The Teleological Problem in Modern Individualism Individualism and Moral Sense Rousseau's Challenge to Moral Sense The Teleological Problem in Rousseau 3. Kant's Discovery of a Solution, 1764-65 History, Nature, and Perfection Will, Reason, and Spontaneity The Analysis of Passion: Honor and Benevolence Justice and Equality Common Reason and the End of Science 4. The Origins of Modern Moral Idealism, 1765-80 The Unity of Freedom and Nature as Ideal Goal The Failures of Ancient Moral Idealism Morality as System Socratic Metaphysics as Science of the End and the Limit of Reason The Dialectic of the Pure Concepts of the Whole 5. Culture and the Practical Interpretation of the End of Reason, 1781-1800 The Ultimate End of Theoretical Inquiry Philosophy's "Idea" and Its History Culture's Contradictions and Their Ideal Resolution Epilogue Notes Index

Review

"Velkley has produced an outstanding philosophical work on the late modern problem of the relation between reason and freedom." (Review of Politics)"

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"Velkley's reconstruction of Kant's encounter with Rousseau is sufficiently interesting to reward the reader of this thoughtful and impressively researched book. By leaving aside stale debates about 'influence' in favor of an account of how one philosopher creatively responded to the challenges posed by another, Velkley provides a useful model of how scholars should deal with encounters between great minds."

Details ISBN022615517X Author Richard L. Velkley Short Title FREEDOM & THE END OF REASON Language English ISBN-10 022615517X ISBN-13 9780226155173 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2014 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle On the Moral Foundation of Kant's Critical Philosophy Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States DEWEY 193 Illustrations black & white illustrations UK Release Date 2014-03-17 Publication Date 2014-03-17 NZ Release Date 2014-03-17 US Release Date 2014-03-17 Pages 248 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2014-03-16 We've got this

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