{"product_id":"the-kantian-imperative","title":"The Kantian Imperative","description":"\u003cp\u003eImmanuel Kant's moral philosophy is almost universally understood as the attempt to analyse and defend a morality based on individual autonomy. In \u003ci\u003eThe Kantian Imperative\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Saurette challenges this interpretation by arguing that Kant's 'imperative' is actually based on a problematic appeal to 'common sense' and that it is premised on, and seeks to further cultivate and intensify, the feeling of humiliation in every moral subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscerning the influence of this model on a wide variety of historical and contemporary political thought and philosophy and critical of its implications, Saurette explores its impact on the work of two seminal and contemporary thinkers in particular: Charles Taylor and Jürgen Habermas. Saurette also shows that an analysis of the Kantian imperative allows a better understanding of current political problems such as the U.S. torture scandal at Abu Ghraib in Iraq and broader post-9\/11 U.S. foreign policy. \u003ci\u003eThe Kantian Imperative\u003c\/i\u003e thus demonstrates that philosophy and political theory are as relevant to contemporary events as at any other time in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Paul Saurette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575466721462,"sku":"9780802038821","price":77.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780802038821.jpg?v=1727458972","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-kantian-imperative","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}