Injustice, human rights, and the political

Before discussing the first Critique more closely over the following two chapters, I want to outline how Kant defined his long-term intellectual goals in broader ethical and political terms. This includes a discussion of the types of political and economic conditions he opposed, how his inquiries into the seemingly abstruse domains of metaphysics and theology formed a crucial component of a sustained inquiry into human autonomy, and how he developed his approach to individual and collective reform.