Kant on Reason, Authority, & Autonomy (with Onora O'Neill) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #4

This conversation is part of the Immanuel Kant Series | 'Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast. Today we are joined by Onora O’Neill. Onora O’Neill is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, a crossbench member of the House of Lords and a former President of the British Academy (2005–2009). She has extensively published articles and books related to the work of Immanuel Kant. In this conversation, we talk in particular about her book ‘Constructing Authorities: Reason, Politics and Interpretation in Kant’s Philosophy’’.

In this episode of the Dare to know! Podcast we discuss Kant’s views on reason, authority, autonomy, public reason & more. Enjoy watching!

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GUEST INFO:
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/onora-oneill-FBA

HOST INFO:
My name is Fabian Corver, living in the Netherlands. I graduated last year from my Master's in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Currently, working for AI-focused start-up and reading lots of philosophy at night.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Background
1:40 - Book: Constructing Authorities
3:06 - Project of vindicating reason
5:38 - The notion of 'construction'
8:14 - The Faculties of Reason & Understanding
10:11 - A reflexive task
12:49 - Vindication or Proof of Reason?
13:55 - "Reason is no dictator!"
15:37 - Is our rationality limited?
16:43 - Objections against vindication of Reason
18:04 - Anarchism: rejecting the notion of authority?
20:12 - The role of metaphors
21:33 - Public Reason & Private Reason
23:44 - Rawls' Constructivism
25:43 - Starting point: A Plurality of Agents
28:16 - Kant's notion of autonomy
33:10 - Kant's notion of public reason into practice
34:30 - Self-legislation
35:24 - Kant: A Social Contract Theorist?
36:42 - Kant: a political idealist or realist?
39:20 - Kant's notion of 'reasoned hope'

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