Enlightenment Fundamentals: Rights, Responsibilities & Republicanism
Enlightenment Fundamentals: Rights, Responsibilities & Republicanism
Author(s): Kenneth R. WestphalSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Hobbes, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, rational justification, mature judgment, moral constructivism, realism, objectivity, rights, responsibilities, republicanism, media culture, Euthyphro question, natural law, Dilemma of the Criterion, practical anthropo
Summary/Abstract: This essay re-examines some key fundamentals of the Enlightenment regarding individual rights, responsibilities and republicanism which deserve and require re-emphasis today, insofar as they underscore the character and fundamental importance of mature judgment, and how developing and fostering mature judgment is a fundamental aim of education. These fundamentals have been clouded or eroded by various recent developments, including mis-guided educational policy and not a little scholarly bickering. Clarity about these fundamentals is more important today than ever. Sapere aude!
Journal: Diametros
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 176-200
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
