Rescuing Autonomy from Kant

James Furner is the author ofMarx on Capitalism: the Interaction-Recognition-Antinomy Thesis.

• Part I Three Views of Marxism’s Relation to Kant’s EthicsIntroduction to Part I1 Against the Irrelevance View1 The Instrumental Reasons Argument2 The False Claims Argument3 The Ideology Argument4 The Class Interests Argument5 Summary2 Against the Complementarity View, Part 1: Socialist Strategy1 The Complementarity View: Stammler, Staudinger, Vorländer2 An Objection to the Complementarity View3 The Deficient Self-Understanding Claim: A Critique3 Against the Complementarity View, Part 2: Can Kant’s Formula of the End in Itself Condemn Capitalism?1 FEI-Based Arguments against Capitalism2 Kant’s Never Merely as a Means Principle3 Applying FEI: Some General Considerations4 Applying FEI beyond Kant5 Evaluation of the Arguments6 FEI and General Injustice7 Conclusion4 Against the Incompatibility View1 Two Components of Human Freedom2 Marx on Human Freedom3 The True Realm of Freedom and the Realm of Necessity4 The Link to Autonomy5 Marx on the Autonomy of a Human Community6 Marx’s Commitment to a Critique of Kant’s Ethics7 SummaryPart II A Critique of Kant’s EthicsIntroduction to Part II5 Kant’s Contradiction in Conception Test1 The Basic Features of the Causal-Teleological Version of LCI2 Further Features of a Causal-Teleological Version of LCI3 The Suicide Maxim4 The False Promising Maxim5 Summary6 Kant’s Contradiction in the Will Test1 Assessment Criteria2 Assessing the Existing Interpretations3 The Extravagant Imperfect Nature Interpretation4 Formulating the Groundwork’s Two Maxims5 The Maxim of Neglecting Natural Gifts6 The Maxim of Refusing to Help7 Summary7 The Principle of Suitability Interpretation of Kant’s Formula of the Law of Nature1 The Contradiction in Conception Test2 The Contradiction in the Will Test8 Kant’s Argument for the Formula of the End in Itself1 The Structure of Kant’s Argument for FEI2 Steps 1–33 Step 4: the Logical Pluralism Version of Kant’s Regressive Argument4 Advantages of the Logical Pluralism Version of Kant’s Regressive Argument5 Humanity, Personality and a Belief in the Existence of God9 Kant’s Arguments for a Belief in the Existence of God1 Kant’s Concept of the Highest Good2 The Argument from the Highest Good3 Wood’s Version of the Argument from the Highest Good4 The Objection from Moral Happiness5 The Physicoteleological Argument6 ConclusionPart III Founding a Post-Kantian EthicsIntroduction to Part III10 A Marxist Argument for Autonomy1 Relativising Practical Reason2 An Argumentative Strategy3 The Need for a Duty to the Whole4 The General Features of a Foundational Argument5 A Lesson from Mill’s ‘Proof’6 The Distinctive Features of a Marxist Foundational Argument7 A Simple Account of Capitalism’s Basic Structure8 Explaining the Premises9 The Rights-Antinomy10 Resolving the Rights-Antinomy11 The System Universalisability Principle of Justice12 The Autonomy of a Human Community13 Summary14 The Justification of Socialist Strategy15 ConclusionBibliographyIndex