Kant and the Future of Rights

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. Papers in this panel focus on the way in which Kant's ideas can shape our future views of rights, whether we consider his notion of innate right as a ground for political life, his view of moral personality and its implications for the rights and duties of corporate persons, the link between dignity, human rights and citizenship, or the significance of Kant's cosmopolitan right for the refugee crisis.

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The demands of innate right	View Paper Details
Kant on Poverty and Social Justice	View Paper Details
Kant' Cosmopolitan Rights and the Rights of the "Others"	View Paper Details
Dignity, Human Rights and Citizenship	View Paper Details