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In Rescuing Autonomy from Kant, James Furner argues that Marxism’s relation to Kant’s ethics is not one of irrelevance, complementarity or incompatibility, but critique. Although Kant’s formulas of the categorical imperative presuppose a belief in God that Kant cannot motivate, the value of autonomy can instead be grounded by appeal to an antinomy in capitalism’s basic structure, and this commits us to socialism.
Price: $179.00
Pages: 340
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Historical Materialism Book Series
Publication Date:
26 January 2023
ISBN: 9789004527508
Format: Hardcover
‘Rescuing Autonomy from Kant provides a sophisticated and persuasive critical account of Kant’s moral philosophy that paves the way for a Marxist ethics which unites the value of autonomy with the value of human community. The book will be of particular interest to readers curious to see how a critique of Kant’s moral theory undertaken from a socialist standpoint does not require a complete rejection of this theory. Instead, key elements of it can be incorporated into an alternative ethical theory that demonstrates the unethical nature of capitalism.’
– David James, Reader in Philosophy, University of Warwick
‘James Furner’s book is an important addition to thought about the relationship between normative Marxism and Kantian autonomy. Of particular interest, it articulates and defends a novel way to understand the respect in which freedom, universalizability, and reason ground the critique of capitalism. Combining close readings of classic texts and careful consideration of secondary literature with constructive philosophy, this book will broaden the horizons of intellectual historians, normative ethicists, and political theorists.’
– Thaddeus Metz, Professor of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
– David James, Reader in Philosophy, University of Warwick
‘James Furner’s book is an important addition to thought about the relationship between normative Marxism and Kantian autonomy. Of particular interest, it articulates and defends a novel way to understand the respect in which freedom, universalizability, and reason ground the critique of capitalism. Combining close readings of classic texts and careful consideration of secondary literature with constructive philosophy, this book will broaden the horizons of intellectual historians, normative ethicists, and political theorists.’
– Thaddeus Metz, Professor of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
James Furner, Ph.D. (2008, University of Sussex), is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the Universtiy of Sussex, U.K., and author of Marx on Capitalism: the Interaction-Recognition-Antinomy Thesis (Haymarket, 2019).