Abstract
In this article I critically engage some of the philosophical ideas Kleingeld presents in Kant and Cosmopolitanism, namely patriotism, poverty and global justice. Against Kleingeld, I propose, first, that perhaps democracy is less important and affectionate love more so to both Kant himself as well as to an account that can successfully refute a Bernard Williams style 'one-thought-too-many' objection to Kantian patriotism; second, that guaranteeing unconditional poverty relief for all its citizens is constitutive of the minimally just state for Kant; and, third, that there seem to be more disanalogies between the domestic and the global public authorities in Kant's account of right than Kleingeld's interpretation allows for.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 251-266 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Kantian Review |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Kant's Doctrine of Right
- Pauline Kleingeld
- cosmopolitanism
- global justice
- patriotism
- poverty
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy