Flikschuh, Katrin 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4585-6844
(2017)
Kant’s nomads: encountering strangers.
Con-Textos Kantianos (5).
pp. 346-368.
ISSN 2386-7655
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Abstract
There is a tendency within the literature to decry Kant as either a proto-imperialist or as a proto-democrat in relation to his views on distant strangers. I here take an alternative view, arguing that Kant’s cosmopolitan morality is considerably more context-sensitive than is often assumed. More specifically, I argue that Kant’s encounter with American nomads on the final pages of his Doctrine of Right reflects a nuanced reading of European settlers’ requisite comportment towards them: Kant neither endorses a universal duty of state entrance nor does he place nomads beyond all possible moral engagement with European settlers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.con-textoskantianos.net/index.php/revi... |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author © CC BY 4.0 |
| Divisions: | Government |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2018 09:45 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86579 |
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