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Francesco Callegaro, « Modern Practical Reason : On Sociology as Education in Autonomy », Archives de Philosophie, ID : 10670/1.dfc87a...
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This paper analyzes the new form taken in modern societies by practical reason, as a feature defining individual autonomy, according to É. Durkheim’s sociological perspective. By a critical transformation of Kantian philosophy, Durkheim shows that moral autonomy, as a claim to a rational will based on universal norms, is a social requirement which changes historically, depending on modern societies’ conception of the individual as a person. The practical reason of social actors is thus linked to the theoretical reason of the sociologist who has to clarify the meaning and the different configurations of the universalist modern ideal. This sociological redefinition of autonomy paves the way for a new cosmopolitanism, as outlined in the conclusion.
