The death of Papà Francesco — Pope Francis — has caught my attention for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact ...

Philosopher Immanuel Kant teaches us that even amid turmoil, it is possible — and necessary — to work toward a freer, more ...

Often seen as the father of modern philosophy, Immanuel Kant needs no introduction whatsoever. The Department of Philosophy, Presidency University, Kolkata recently hosted a national seminar on ...

In Immanuel Kant's (1785/2012) classic work, the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, he makes the case that all people are ends in and of themselves and should be treated as such. It follows ...

Kantian theory instructs people to act in harmony with universally accepted rules. Telling the truth is at the heart of this deontological theory (Kant, 1996). Though Kant had no way of knowing ...

NEXT year will mark the 230th anniversary of Immanuel Kant’s celebrated essay on “Perpetual Peace” (1795). The great German philosopher put forward a set of guiding principles to achieve ...

The opposite result is almost guaranteed. The final objection from free Americans is that protecting some industries from foreign competition violates Immanuel Kant’s “humanity principle”; whereby, ...