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Kant Immanuel . 1724--1804, German idealist philosopher. He sought to determine the limits of man's knowledge in Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and propounded his system of ethics as guided by the categorical imperative in Critique of Practical Reason (1788) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This obedience before understanding is against Kantian logic, for this biblical ethic cannot be reduced to a categorical imperative in which a universality is suddenly able to direct a will. It simply is not convincing that a single principle is adequate to the complexity of ethical life, yet both utilitarians and Kantians are committed to just such a claim. But in making his defense (on the grounds that "Europe's new Kantian order could flourish only under the umbrella of American power exercised according to the rules of the old Hobbesian order"), he does not challenge the assumption that these are two fundamentally different approaches to international relations--or that the Kantian system would, of course, be morally preferable if only it could be made to work. |
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