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- Kant held that every rational being had both an innate right to freedom and a duty to enter into a civil condition governed by a social contract in order to realize and preserve that freedom.
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Jul 24, 2007 · By “republican,” Kant means “separation of the executive power (the government) from the legislative power”. Despotism is their unity such that the same ruler both gives and enforces laws, in essence making an individual private will into the public will.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
In effect, while the sovereignty of the people may be...
- Account of Reason
Even if Kant did believe this—in his weaker moments, perhaps...
- Kant's Moral Philosophy
1. Aims and Methods of Moral Philosophy. The most basic aim...
- Natural Law Theories
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- Jean Jacques Rousseau
Kant's most significant contribution to political philosophy and the philosophy of law is the doctrine of Rechtsstaat. According to this doctrine, the power of the state is limited in order to protect citizens from the arbitrary exercise of authority.
Oct 26, 2015 · Kantian conceptions of human rights, Cosmopolitanism, republicanism (what we would call democratic accountability), international federalism, rule of law, the public sphere, and justice underlie early-21st-century institutions from the local to the global level.
May 20, 2010 · The fundamental idea of Kant’s “critical philosophy” – especially in his three Critiques: the Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 1787), the Critique of Practical Reason (1788), and the Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790) – is human autonomy.
Instead of Plato’s totalitarian utopia, Kant proposed a liberal alternative, namely, “a constitution of the greatest human freedom according to laws which ensure that each freedom can coexist with the other” (374B).
Nov 2, 2018 · The organizing principle of Immanuel Kant’s political philosophy is that each person has a basic right to equal freedom. This principle poses a challenge to the very possibility and purpose of sovereignty.
A study/reference guide to Kant's political philosophy, including primary and secondary sources, multimedia, and an introduction to his life and thought.
