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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 work investigates how Kantian moral and political philosophy can be reconstructed to provide a coherent framework for understanding contemporary issues of sex, love, and gender. Helga Varden, a scholar of Kantian philosophy, utilizes Kant's own moral theory and political framework to address historical limitations in his thought. She argues that by applying Kantian principles of freedom and moral responsibility, one can develop a robust account of sexual ethics, gender identity, and systemic justice that remains true to the spirit of his philosophy while correcting its exclusionary tendencies.
What You Will Find
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Scholars in the field of Kantian studies recognize this text as a significant effort to modernize Kant's practical philosophy for contemporary social debates. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires a strong background in Kant's 'Metaphysics of Morals' to fully grasp the nuances of the arguments presented.
Page Count:
384
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0192542095
ISBN-13:
9780192542090
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