William A. Galston

Galston points to a tension present in Kant's thinking on ethics between the moral obligations of individual actors and the seemingly amoral work of history unfolding. Why are we justified in personifying history in this way? Does this not amount to a kind of anthropomorphism of what is essentially just an aggregate of human actions through time? Galston also suggests that the tensions seems to allow an "end justifying the means" mentality in cases where one perceives oneself as playing an inextricable role in the disclosure of history. Although the book's argument does nicely resonate with the ethical motifs of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, I found it all a bit boring and uninspired.… (más)