ABSTRACT

In chapter 1, we discussed the foundations for much of the theory that underpins policy. As early as the days of the Enlightenment, in the midst of the contending schools of thought that arose around the utilitarian-empiricists and the rationalists, one of the most resonant voices was that of Immanuel Kant, whose moral philosophy informs much of what we discuss in this chapter. This is not merely a philosophical matter, inasmuch as this very debate resounds daily in the political sphere.