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  • Henry E. Allison (1937–2023)

  • Luigi Caranti
  • Journal:
    Kantian Review / Volume 28 / Issue 3 / September 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    11 September 2023, pp. 329-335
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    September 2023
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  • Why does Kant Think that Democracy is Necessarily Despotic?

  • Luigi Caranti
  • Journal:
    Kantian Review / Volume 28 / Issue 2 / June 2023
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    11 April 2023, pp. 167-183
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    June 2023
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  • Kant’s criticism of democracy has been traditionally defused with the consideration that Kant’s aversion is not to democracy per se, but to direct democracy. However, what Kant says – ‘to prevent the republican constitution from being confused with the democratic one, as commonly happens’ (ZeF, 8: 351) – appears to count not only against direct democracy, but also against conceptions of democracy closer to the ones we are accustomed to. By offering a new account of what Kant sees as the real problem of democracy (direct or not), the article unpacks a lesson about the limits of democracy that has gone largely unnoticed among political theorists and Kant specialists.

The Kantian Federation

The Kantian Federation
  • Luigi Caranti
  • Published online:
    30 May 2022
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    23 June 2022
  • This Element introduces the reader to Kant's theory of peace and to its place in the broader context of the critical philosophy. It also delves into one aspect of the model that has generated much debate among interpreters, given Kant's changing thoughts on the matter. This aspect relates to the nature and powers of the international federation. Defending the idea that national sovereignty is indissolubly linked to states' full autonomy regarding the use of military power, this Element offers an interpretation and defense of the Kantian federation that, in many regards, departs from the mainstream reading. Special emphasis is placed on the problematic coexistence of two conflicting theoretical desiderata: on the one hand, the necessity of establishing an international institution with coercive powers for securing peace; on the other hand, the necessity of avoiding the risk of an excessive erosion of states' sovereignty.