Garrett Wallace Brown
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748638819
- eISBN:
- 9780748652822
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748638819.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This book explores Kant's cosmopolitanism and the normative requirements consistent with a Kantian-based cosmopolitan constitution. Topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of ...
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This book explores Kant's cosmopolitanism and the normative requirements consistent with a Kantian-based cosmopolitan constitution. Topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of hospitality, a Kantian federation of states, a cosmopolitan epistemology of culture and a possible normative basis for a Kantian form of global distributive justice are explored and defended. Contrary to many contemporary interpretations, the book considers Kant's cosmopolitan thought as a form of international constitutional jurisprudence that requires minimal legal demands versus the extreme condition of establishing a world state. Viewing Kant's cosmopolitan theory as a minimal form of global jurisprudence allows it to satisfy communitarian, realist and pluralist concerns without surrendering cosmopolitan principles of human worth and cosmopolitan law. In this regard, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of Kantian cosmopolitanism and what normative implications this vision has for contemporary international political theory.Less
This book explores Kant's cosmopolitanism and the normative requirements consistent with a Kantian-based cosmopolitan constitution. Topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of hospitality, a Kantian federation of states, a cosmopolitan epistemology of culture and a possible normative basis for a Kantian form of global distributive justice are explored and defended. Contrary to many contemporary interpretations, the book considers Kant's cosmopolitan thought as a form of international constitutional jurisprudence that requires minimal legal demands versus the extreme condition of establishing a world state. Viewing Kant's cosmopolitan theory as a minimal form of global jurisprudence allows it to satisfy communitarian, realist and pluralist concerns without surrendering cosmopolitan principles of human worth and cosmopolitan law. In this regard, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of Kantian cosmopolitanism and what normative implications this vision has for contemporary international political theory.
Laura Papish
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190692100
- eISBN:
- 9780190692131
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190692100.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter explores Kant’s concept of an ethical community. It considers at length an analogy made in the Religion between the ethical state of nature—which is left behind once human beings enter ...
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This chapter explores Kant’s concept of an ethical community. It considers at length an analogy made in the Religion between the ethical state of nature—which is left behind once human beings enter the ethical community—and the state of nature in a juridico-civil context. This analogy ultimately leads to the conclusion that the central task of the ethical community is to help its members adjudicate disagreements about the social aims appropriate to good life conduct. It is further explained why the ethical community should be centered on a “historical” or “ecclesiastical faith,” as it is shown that such a community can promote moral knowledge, self-understanding, and interpersonal communication. How Kant’s account of the highest good relates to the ethical community is also considered, as are questions regarding how norms of pluralism and inclusivity are adopted by the ethical community.Less
This chapter explores Kant’s concept of an ethical community. It considers at length an analogy made in the Religion between the ethical state of nature—which is left behind once human beings enter the ethical community—and the state of nature in a juridico-civil context. This analogy ultimately leads to the conclusion that the central task of the ethical community is to help its members adjudicate disagreements about the social aims appropriate to good life conduct. It is further explained why the ethical community should be centered on a “historical” or “ecclesiastical faith,” as it is shown that such a community can promote moral knowledge, self-understanding, and interpersonal communication. How Kant’s account of the highest good relates to the ethical community is also considered, as are questions regarding how norms of pluralism and inclusivity are adopted by the ethical community.
Marc Dixon
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- November 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190917036
- eISBN:
- 9780190917067
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190917036.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Occupations, Professions, and Work, Social Movements and Social Change
Indiana shocked the labor movement in 1957 by becoming the first northern industrialized state to pass right-to-work. This chapter analyzes the campaigns waged by business and labor in order to ...
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Indiana shocked the labor movement in 1957 by becoming the first northern industrialized state to pass right-to-work. This chapter analyzes the campaigns waged by business and labor in order to understand how business succeeded in such a highly unionized state. Poor organization and an effective countermovement combined to sink labor in Indiana. Unions in Indiana were politically weak and disorganized at the height of the capital–labor accord. Labor’s insider and outsider strategies were haphazard in comparison to the sophisticated business-led effort spearheaded by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the newly formed Indiana Right-to-Work Committee (INRTWC). The outcome of the campaign provided a jolt of confidence to business leaders and led to a surge in right-to-work activity nationally.Less
Indiana shocked the labor movement in 1957 by becoming the first northern industrialized state to pass right-to-work. This chapter analyzes the campaigns waged by business and labor in order to understand how business succeeded in such a highly unionized state. Poor organization and an effective countermovement combined to sink labor in Indiana. Unions in Indiana were politically weak and disorganized at the height of the capital–labor accord. Labor’s insider and outsider strategies were haphazard in comparison to the sophisticated business-led effort spearheaded by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the newly formed Indiana Right-to-Work Committee (INRTWC). The outcome of the campaign provided a jolt of confidence to business leaders and led to a surge in right-to-work activity nationally.
Robert Cassanello
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813044194
- eISBN:
- 9780813046495
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813044194.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Between 1919 and 1920, the black counterpublic mobilized to criticize white supremacy within public and private spaces. The lynching of 1919, the racial integration of the Annual Florida State ...
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Between 1919 and 1920, the black counterpublic mobilized to criticize white supremacy within public and private spaces. The lynching of 1919, the racial integration of the Annual Florida State Federation of Labor Meeting,and the Presidential Election of 1920 all involved critiques of white social and political supremacy by the black counterpublic.Less
Between 1919 and 1920, the black counterpublic mobilized to criticize white supremacy within public and private spaces. The lynching of 1919, the racial integration of the Annual Florida State Federation of Labor Meeting,and the Presidential Election of 1920 all involved critiques of white social and political supremacy by the black counterpublic.
John Conley
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231161152
- eISBN:
- 9780231530736
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231161152.003.0011
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter argues that graduate workers need unions that can win gains and exert collective worker power on the job. At the same time, they should not underestimate some of the real and accumulated ...
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This chapter argues that graduate workers need unions that can win gains and exert collective worker power on the job. At the same time, they should not underestimate some of the real and accumulated barriers to the processes of unionization, including the notion of politically committed academic labor. Grad workers cannot afford to be radical pedagogues or politically committed academics. They must develop a critique of politically committed academic labor and this critique is internal to unionizing and in its interest. The chapter describes an example from the University of Minnesota, where graduate workers have not only tried multiple times to organize themselves formally but have repeatedly been put in the position of having to decide whether or not to cross American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) picket lines in order to teach.Less
This chapter argues that graduate workers need unions that can win gains and exert collective worker power on the job. At the same time, they should not underestimate some of the real and accumulated barriers to the processes of unionization, including the notion of politically committed academic labor. Grad workers cannot afford to be radical pedagogues or politically committed academics. They must develop a critique of politically committed academic labor and this critique is internal to unionizing and in its interest. The chapter describes an example from the University of Minnesota, where graduate workers have not only tried multiple times to organize themselves formally but have repeatedly been put in the position of having to decide whether or not to cross American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) picket lines in order to teach.
