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Patriotism, Peace and Poverty: Reply to Bernstein and Varden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2014

Pauline Kleingeld
Pauline Kleingeld*
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University of Groningen Email: pauline.kleingeld@rug.nl
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Abstract

In this essay I reply to Alyssa Bernstein and Helga Varden's comments on my book, Kant and Cosmopolitanism. In response to Bernstein, I argue that Kant's opposition to the coercive incorporation of states into an international federation should be interpreted as permitting no exceptions. In response to Varden, I clarify Kant's conception and defence of patriotism as a duty, and I show how Kantian cosmopolitans can rebut Bernard Williams's ‘one-thought-too-many’ objection. I also explicate why, given a specific feature of Kant's defence of the state's duty to provide poverty relief, an international federation can be seen to have an analogous duty.

Keywords

Kantcosmopolitanismpatriotisminternational federationpeacepoverty reliefglobal justicerepublicanismcoercionself-government

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Critical Exchange
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Kantian Review , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , July 2014 , pp. 267 - 284
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Copyright © Kantian Review 2014 

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