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On the Metaphysics of Production [PDF]

open access: yes
Since the pre-Socratic period of philosophy, there have been two basic metaphysical views. One holds that there are substances or things, that is, atemporal entities in the world.
Koskela, Lauri, Kagioglou, Mike
core  

Kant's Metaphysics of Race, Its Distinctiveness, and Its Normativity

open access: yesJournal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the contemporary taxonomy of the metaphysics of race, this paper shows that Kant's theory of race occupies a distinct metaphysical position on race. Second, it argues that Kant's metaphysics of race inherently produces racist claims.
Reza Mosayebi
wiley   +1 more source

A plea for descriptive social ontology. [PDF]

open access: yesSynthese, 2023
Koslicki K, Massin O.
europepmc   +1 more source

Kant on Bullshit Jobs—Mere Means and True Means

open access: yesJournal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, there has recently been academic and public discussion about useless work. Immanuel Kant maintains that we ought to be means for others and that there is a duty to be useful. Graeber and Kant are both concerned with a form of harm often overlooked in contemporary ethics and political philosophy, namely,
Martin Sticker
wiley   +1 more source

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