dc.contributor.author |
Moloney, Pat |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-08-24T21:30:54Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-27T03:20:19Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-08-24T21:30:54Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-10-27T03:20:19Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
1987 |
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dc.date.issued |
1987 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/25659 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Kant's philosophy of history has only recently been given serious consideration by Kantian scholars. This thesis defends an interpretation of Kant's essays on history not only with a close textual commentary upon the relevant works, but also by establishing a theoretical framework which explains how Kant's idea of history can be incorporated into, and reconciled with, his major critical works. I defend a teleological strand in Kant's ethics, associated with the concept of the highest good, and detail the relationship between natural and moral teleology in his philosophy of history. As a consequence of my analysis a number of apparent anomalies in Kant's essays on history can be more satisfactor ally explained, and some of his paradoxical political views given a new justification. On the whole Kant is viewed as very much a man of the Enlightenment. |
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dc.format |
pdf |
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dc.language |
en_NZ |
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dc.language.iso |
en_NZ |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.title |
An enquiry concerning Kant's philosophy of history |
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dc.type |
Text |
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vuwschema.type.vuw |
Awarded Research Masters Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Political Science |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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