![]() ![]() “Kant’s moral theory is the foundation that informs his political theory,” she says. ![]() Where some scholars perceive tension between Kant’s moral and political writings, Holtman instead sees a close connection. “I’m not a historian,” she remarks, “but rather a moral and political philosopher, approaching Kant’s writings from that angle.” Kant’s Moral Foundation Rather than treating Kant as just another specimen in the museum of ideas, Holtman argues that Kant’s political philosophy provides a general framework for tackling contemporary ethical and social challenges. Is Immanuel Kant’s political thought merely a product of its time, an artifact of the eighteenth century with little relevance today? Not according to Sarah Holtman, a professor of philosophy who seeks to reconstruct and apply what she takes to be Kant’s theory of justice. ![]()
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