Kant and the Limits of Autonomy

by Susan Meld Shell

Autonomy for Kant is not just a synonym for the capacity to choose, whether simple or deliberative. It is what the word literally implies: the imposition of a law on one's own authority and out of one's own rational resources. In Kant and the Limits of Autonomy, Shell explores the limits of Kantian autonomy--both the force of its claims and the complications to which they give rise. Through a careful examination of major and minor works,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674033337
• ISBN13: 9780674033337
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"