Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis
Kant’s position on the link between law and the natural impulse toward happiness is examined. If the State is established to satisfy particular ends, the result is a justification of despotism and popular rebellion. Two hypotheses are given: a) the principle of happiness should be replaced by the id...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Ideas y Valores |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/40154/pdf6 |
| Summary: | Kant’s position on the link between law and the natural impulse toward happiness is examined. If the State is established to satisfy particular ends, the result is a justification of despotism and popular rebellion. Two hypotheses are given: a) the principle of happiness should be replaced by the idea of a general legislative will as the only normative-evaluative criterion for the legitimacy of political obligation; and b) this juridic principle a priori requires the sovereign and the people to adopt the perspective of general will to judge the prevailing political power. |
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| ISSN: | 0120-0062 0120-0062 |