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Antje Vollmer

Antje Vollmer is vice-president of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament), and a member of its Alliance 90 / Green parliamentary group.

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Immanuel Kant and Iraq: a reply to Roger Scruton

Antje Vollmer, vice-president of the German “Bundestag” and influential Green politician, disagrees with the English philosopher Roger Scruton: Immanuel Kant’s commitment to reason and law, she responds, would have led him to oppose the Iraq war.