2026-03-05
Marco Mulone
Despite the well-known Kantian distinction, the relationship between theory and praxis turns out to be much richer than it might appear at first. This is not only because the definition in the Critique of Pure Reason leaves a space open for further determinations, but also because the further developments of Kant's criticism, in particular the Third Critique , seem to converge towards the conjunction of these two poles: towards the principle of the unity of speculative and practical reason. The aim of this essay is to expose the problematic nature of the Kantian distinction by showing its partiality, in order to offer a broad perspective on a reason that, as a whole, realizes itself in the world.
2026-03-05
Lantz Miller
At least three bases of all values have been proposed over the centuries: Kantian valuing of humanity, a sentimental account, and the valuing of life itself. If a single value consistently underlies all the other values, we should consider whether a “meta” basis itself is a value. Perhaps, though, one of these bases of all values provides a way to end circularity. These meta prospects merits full, separate coverage. This article concentrates on Kantian humanity as the ultimate value . Such value-basis has received perhaps the greatest amount of coverage in recent philosophical literature. Part 1 analyses proposed arguments, prominently by Korsgaard and her critics. Part 2 goes into detail investigating the issue from five different critical perspectives: term-coherence; methodological, economic, social, and alternative-values. The intent is to assess Kantian concepts of humanity as value basis and, more broadly, to investigate the basing of all values solely upon the valuing of humanity. This article concludes that the Kantian-humanity value-basis cannot yet fulfil the needs of a value basis of all other values. Such shortfall calls for a particular “meta” philosophical angle.
2026-03-05
Nicolò Tarquini
2026-03-05
Juan Andrés Mercado
2026-03-05
Maria Alessandra Varone
2026-03-05
Domenico Burzo
Acknowledging the problem of war and peace as a key element in all his thinking, Romano Guardini dedicates to it an intense reflection, and places it first and foremost in the political sphere as its natural and most appropriate dimension. By insightfully looking at the evolution of Western culture and civilization, he outlines the current face of war, defining it as an "absolute war". He highlights how this absolute war is inextricably linked to the problematic nature of technical-scientific progress and to the power that derives from it, posing questions and challenges of the utmost urgency to contemporary man. Among these, the search for an adequate peace to the current historical-existential conditions is essential, together with the conscious need to develop an equally adequate political attitude, whose realism can be enlivened by the most concrete spiritual sources that nourish the human being.