Kant and the Future of Autonomy

Abstract

It seems clear that humanity will have a future only if some significant changes in our current practices are adopted. Whether we are talking about consumption, corporate responsibility, the use of social media, our relation to the environment and its crises leading to migration and displacement, social justice, national and international conflict resolution, political institutions or our own views of ourselves as historical and moral agents, we need to reconceptualise our practices and find concrete ways of applying such renewed perspectives to our world. Kant’s philosophy is particularly apposite in this context, not only given its significant legacy, including numerous recent texts which approach such difficult issues against the background of Kant’s thought; in addition, Kant’s texts on their own continue to yield new useful insights for our theoretical attempts to tackle currently urgent problems, and recent exegetical efforts are evidence of the continued relevance of his work. This panel focuses on a particularly significant moral notion of Kant's philosophy: autonomy. Papers in the panel present the potential for political change of this Kantian idea, whether through a strong substantive relational approach to autonomy, through a relational identity politics based on respect for autonomy, by means of a view of a democratic state as enabling individuals to determine by themselves under which rules they want to live or by means of specific implications of the Kantian notion for the future of transport and control under conditions of increased digital surveillance.

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On the Possibility and Necessity of Liberal Identity Politics. Why All Camps are Wrong and Kant is Right Once Again	View Paper Details
Being under the power of the democratic state: a defence of the Kantian approach	View Paper Details
Autonomy and Future Transport Systems	View Paper Details
Autonomy within Digital Surveillance and Control	View Paper Details