The reasonable republic? Statecraft, affects, and the highest good in Spinoza’s late Tractatus Politicus
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DOI: 10.1080/01916599.2019.1592382
Abstract: ABSTRACT In his final, incomplete Tractatus Politicus (1677), Spinoza’s account of human power and freedom shifts towards a new, teleological interest in the ‘highest good’ of the state in realising the freedom of its subjects.… read more here.
Keywords: tractatus politicus; freedom; highest good; politicus ... See more keywords
Kant as a carpenter of reason: the highest good and systematic coherence
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DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2023.2293882
Abstract: ABSTRACT What is the highest good actually good for in Kant’s third Critique? While there are well-worked out answers to this question in the literature that focus on the highest good’s practical importance, this paper… read more here.
Keywords: reason; third critique; highest good; kant ... See more keywords