The \;Digital Kant-Centre NRW \;is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Sorin Baiasu (Keele University) with the following topic: "Kant and &lsquo\;Merit&rsquo\;: Retrieving a Neglected Notion of \;Verdienst."
\nThe lecture will take place online (via Webex) on Wednesday\, 26 \;June \;2024\, from 18:00 &ndash\; 19:30 \;CET.
\nPlease see below for the Webex-link and an abstract of the lecture. \;
\nThe talk is part of the lecture series Digital Kant-Lectures\, organized by Digital Kant-Centre NRW\, which takes place on the last Wednesday of each month via Webex. For the program of the series\, please see here: \;https://kant-zentrum-nrw.de/digital-kant-lectures/
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\nWebex-Link: \;
\nhttps://uni-siegen.webex.com/uni-siegen/j.php?MTID=m12bbbab88e3163edcc93ff14b6e5122f
\nAbstract: \;
\nIn this paper\, I focus on Kant&rsquo\;s discussion of equality of opportunity in the \;Rechtslehre\, specifically at 6: 329. As a first step\, I examine an influential interpretation of Kant&rsquo\;s discussion and show how it attempts to dissociate Kant from the very notion of merit [Verdienst] that he is using in the discussion of equal opportunities. Next\, I examine the notion of merit usually associated with Kant&rsquo\;s theory of justice\, and claim that it is distinct from the notion employed at 6: 329. Finally\, I reconstruct this neglected notion by drawing on contemporary discussions of desertism and luck-egalitarianism.
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