Sovereign Reason, 9780192868190
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Reason is power: Rule yourself through knowledge, happiness, and solidarity.
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Sovereign Reason

autonomy and our interests of reason

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  • Hardcover

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    9 July 2025

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Summary

Sovereign Reason: Reclaiming Autonomy and Purpose

We often invoke the power of reason, rationality, and reasonableness in our daily lives, attributing to them a certain authority. But what is reason, really? This book challenges the notion that reason is merely cold logic or calculated self-interest, arguing instead that it’s a far more substantive force.

Sovereign Reason: Autonomy and our Interests of Reason explores the idea that our capacity for …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780192868190
ISBN-10:0192868195
Author:Adam Cureton
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:9 July 2025
Weight:814g
Dimensions:240mm x 160mm x 28mm
About The Author

Adam Cureton

Adam Cureton is Lindsay Young Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee. He received a B.Phil. in philosophy from the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published widely on ethics and Kant, including a collection on human dignity and essays on respect, solidarity, and hope. He is also an internationally recognized scholar in philosophy of disability who published a book on respect for people with disabilities and edited several collections in this area.

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