
Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Sex, Love, And Gender: Happiness And Virtue -- Introduction To Part I -- 1. Sexual And Affectionate Love: Happiness And Moral Responsibility -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Truthfulness -- 2. The Predisposition To Good In Human Nature -- 3. The Faculty Of Desire -- 4. The Propensity To Evil -- 5. Virtue: Perfect And Imperfect Duties -- 6. Natural And Moral Vital Forces -- 7. The Highest Good -- 8. Sensible And Moral Character -- 9. Friendship 10. Illustration: Anne Boleyn, Henry Viii, And Angels -- 11. Concluding Remarks -- 2. Kant And Women -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Kant On The Character Of The Woman -- 2. Kant On The Liberated Woman -- 3. Concluding Remarks -- 3. Kant On Sex. Reconsidered -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Kant On Sexual Love -- 2. Reconsidering Kant On Sexual Love, Sexual Or Gender Identity, And Sexual Orientation -- 3. Concluding Remarks -- 4. Kant On Sexual Violence And Oppression -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The Temptation And Damaging Nature Of Sexual Violence: Affects And Passions 2. Sexual Violence Under Barbaric Conditions: Wars, Atrocities, And Violent Oppression -- 3. Concluding Remarks -- Concluding Part I: Reconciling Noumena And Embodied, Social Kantian Agents -- Part Ii. Sex, Love, And Gender: Right -- Introduction To Part Ii -- 5. The Innate Right To Freedom: Abortion, Sodomy, And Obscenity Laws -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The Right To Bodily Integrity -- 2. Free Speech: The Case Of Erotica -- 3. Concluding Remarks -- 6. Private Right: Marriage And Trade In Sexual Services -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Reconsidering Kant's Account Of Marriage 2. Rightful Trade In Sexual Services -- 3. Concluding Remarks -- 7. Public Right: Systemic Justice -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Kant's Conception Of A Minimally Just State (rechtsstaat) -- 2. Reforming Our Imperfect, Inherited Legal-political Frameworks Into Well-functioning, Robustly Just States -- 3. Co
This book investigates how Kantian moral and political philosophy can be reconstructed to address contemporary questions regarding sex, love, and gender. Helga Varden, a scholar of Kantian ethics, utilizes Kant's own framework of virtue and right to challenge traditional interpretations of his work. She argues that a rigorous application of Kantian principles provides a robust foundation for understanding sexual autonomy, gender identity, and the requirements of a just state.
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Scholars in the field of Kantian studies recognize this work as a significant attempt to modernize Kant's moral and political theory for contemporary social issues. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires a strong familiarity with Kant's 'Metaphysics of Morals' to fully engage with the author's arguments.
Page Count:
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191850624
ISBN-13:
9780191850622
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