This introduction maps some of the main areas of philosophical inquiry where practical justification is playing a role in Kant’s writings and in the works of contemporary Kantians. Since practical justification is of claims or assertions, the introduction is organised around the various ty... see more

Although an examination of Kant's justification of various (especially practical) norms is under way in the literature and most of the Kantians have something to say about this topic, yet not much has been written on Kant's view of justification [Rechtfertigung]. Moreover, what has been wr... see more

According to orthodox Kant interpretations, the two concepts of Metaphysics and Anthropology are mutually exclusive. I argue, however, that Kant's moral philosophy cannot make it without anthropological elements. My heterodox thesis does not, however, revise the core of Kantian moral philo... see more

One might identify two poles of thought about Kant’s Formula of Humanity. On the one hand, it provides the ‘matter’ of morality – a substantive value that animates moral concern. On the other hand, Kant argues that the different formulations of the Categorical Imperative are equivalent and... see more